DOMINICA-RIGHTS-PM says no to changes to buggery laws

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government says it has no intention of changing the present buggery laws even as the advocacy group, Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) said it was seeking talks with the authorities on the matter of equal rights. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio Monday, said his administration’s position on the matter is stated in law “and this matter is still on our books and will remain there for the foreseeable future. “I respect the views of this new group. I understand from persons they intend to write to the government. We welcome their writing to government, we welcome meeting them as as a matter of fact...they are citizens of this country and they would like to express their views.