Introduction

Dominica’s constitution was formally put into effect in 1967, however many aspects and events occurred before in order to complete the constitution. In 1956 the constitution was reviewed twice, in January and December. In January of 1955 the ministerial system was rejected by the Federation. Numerous Dominica’s were for and against this decision.

The editor of The Dominica Chronicle newspapers was one who is in complete defiance. They believed that Dominica was simply not reading to take that huge step although many of the other West Indian islands had already done so.

However, in 1956 during the review of the constitution, the ministerial system was included. In the Saturday 29^th, 1955 newspaper from The Dominica Chronicle the writer expounds on the ministerial responsibilities. This system involved having a prime minister who was in charge of the government as well as his fellow ministers. The ministers were head of constituencies as well as the head of government departments