Three strikes and you are out. This term could be used to describe a recent disclosure by the Hon. Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, in referring to Dr. Thomson Fountain. The Prime Minister used a nationally broadcasted media engagement on Tuesday evening to state that Senator Thomson had vacated his seat on account of missing “Three consecutive parliamentary seating without the express permission of the Speaker.” That is according to the Prime Minister.

Mr. Skerrit explained that “To allow a senator to miss three sittings of parliament to the point where the Speaker would write to the president informing the president that a senator has missed three sittings and therefore, he has vacated his seat in the parliament is telling on a leader.” This suggests that this situation, as it stands, was an indictment on the leader of the opposition who had appointed Dr. Fontaine as a senator in 2014.

There has been no response from Mr. Linton or the United Workers Party (UWP) and Emonews will keep following that developing story.