Dominica opposition leader urges Caricom oversight of island’s economic citizenship scheme

Opposition Leader and leader of Dominica’s United Workers Party Lennox Linton (at centre) yesterday.

Dominica’s Opposition Leader Lennox Linton yesterday called for Caricom to intervene and set up a regulatory commission for the island’s contentious Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programme, while warning that it currently poses a risk of exposing both his country and the region to transnational crimes.

Linton’s appeal follows recent protests by his United Workers Party (UWP) for the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his administration,