Brian Linton has praised the decision of his brother Lennox Linton to resign as President of the United Workers Party (UWP).
Linton was re-elected as president of the party in December 2024 at the party’s delegates’ convention.
Amidst division within the party, Linton this week tendered his resignation as president of the party to General Secretary of the party Nicholas George.
At a recently held press conference at the Garraway Hotel, Dr. Fontaine was asked about the “division and rift” within the party since the resignation of his deputy, Senator Delbert Paris, but responded that within any organization, there will “always be differences, but they remain united as a party.”
In a voice clip, about the resignation, Brian Linton had this to say, “I praise the Lord for the resignation of Lennox (Linton), he has gone through a lot under this political leader, Thomson Fontaine.”
He continued, “One of the things that we have to understand, that it is not the United Workers Party (UWP) as an organization that determines who Lennox is, but it is Lennox rather who adds to the defining of what the UWP should be like. Lennox does not need the UWP for his existence. The UWP needs people, honest, responsible, and competent people (I dare say like Lennox) for their successful existence.”
According to Brian, it is not the party that defines the type of person( his brother) Lennox is. “So that is why I welcome the resignation of Lennox, because it shows that he is no hypocrite. I am privy to a lot of information, which reveals the tantamount efforts made by Lennox to work with Mr. Fontaine, which also shows the disdain and disrespect that he has for the President and other members of the management team of the UWP and the general membership of the party by extension,” Brian Linton remarked.
“I am pleased with this resignation, especially given the way that the team of Mr. Fontaine and himself has treated the people of Marigot…Marigot people played a significant role in building and defining what the party should be; hence, several Dominicans embraced that and took part in the party,” Brian Linton stated.
He stated that the legacy of performance of the UWP is there, and, “you cannot fight and let people think that you depend on an organization for your existence…no, no, but as we go on, time will tell, I wish them well”.
The UWP held a meeting of the executive on the evening of July 1, 2025, where the matter came up for discussion.
When contacted to comment on the resignation of Lennox Linton as President of the party, Thomson Fontaine, the party leader, refused to comment, only confirming the resignation. He was further asked to comment on the remarks by Brian Linton and responded, ” I can’t imagine what Brian says in his hatred towards me is news. However, if he slanders my name, I’ll sue him and any accompanying media, so just be careful what you repeat from him.”