Police called in at Olympics Committe meeting

Roseau, Dominica.police-doc-300x227

The Police Task force were called at a “special meeting” of the Dominica Olympics Committee (DOC) convened at the Fort Young Hotel this afternoon. Chaos developed early after some members were locked out of the meeting.

In a letter dated April 25, the members of  the Olympics committee wrote to the DOC general secretary instructing that the special meeting be convened “under the powers of Article 18.1 of the Bye-Laws of the Dominica Olympic Committee.”

“The purpose of our desire to convene this meeting is based on the principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter of fair play according to pre agreed rules each of which are central to any Olympic Committee,” they wrote.

The members appear to be concerned about many issues which they say must be addressed when the meeting is held.

One of the issues includes “financial activities at the DOC from immediately preceding the 2012 Olympics to the present.