‘Bully’ Walwyn’s ignorance is self-revealing –Hon Fahie
Nevertheless, Hon Fahie has stated any audit will come up empty handed.
According to the Opposition Leader in a press release issued on March 31, 2017, on Thursday March 30, 2017 the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government through their Minister of Education, announced that he had instructed his Permanent Secretary to issue formal instructions to the Auditor General to conduct an audit of a consultancy contract awarded during Hon Fahie’s tenure some six years ago.
This came after the controversial Walwyn, during a debate in the House of Assembly, alluded to $602,345 said to have been paid to a consultancy, Effect Incorporated, to examine the feasibility of establishing a medical school here in the Virgin Islands (UK).
‘Nothing there’
The Opposition Leader, however, said he can assure the public that the latest attempt to smear his image and distract the public from the real issues at hand will conclude with the same result as when the public go to any government Ministry, Department or the Treasury seeking payment for work done under this government, “NOTHING THERE!!! I can further assure the public that anything that was done during my tenure can and will stand the test of time. This then is not my concern.”
However, of more concern to Hon Fahie is that after six years in office, “Bully Walwyn seems unaware that neither the Auditor General, the Public Accounts Committee nor any Constitutional Body can be directed by him as Minister and indeed not by a Civil Servant.”
According to Hon Fahie, Hon Walwyn’s attempt to derogate the professionalism of the Civil Service is truly unforgiving. “While the Minister’s ignorance is self-revealing, I am convinced that senior civil servants are aware of their authority or lack thereof.”
“What is the motivation of this Bully Minister and this Bully Government? After six consecutive years in Governance the Premier and Minister of Finance will best be directed by his Minister of Education to complete and deliver to the House of Assembly the Constitutionally mandated ten years of audited financial statements.”
The real issues
Hon Fahie, who is proving to be no push over in the House of Assembly, especially against the bully tactics of Hon Walwyn, listed some of the issues that Hon Walwyn and the National Democratic Party (NDP) would best serve the public by addressing.
“To allow the Cabinet of the Virgin Islands to seek from the Courts a clear definition and a clear guide of what constitutes Conflict of Interest and what contracts must be presented to the House of Assembly for approval by Ministers and all Assembly members.”
“To advise that a Commission of Inquiry into the thirty million dollars of unauthorised expenditure on the Pier Park Project would be in the best interest of the territory and to attempt to adhere to the provisions of the Protocol for Effective Financial Management and thereby cease and desist the development of major capital projects without tender and without transparency and accountability.”
Hon Fahie insisted that these issues are Constitutional and the continued violation of these has placed the territory directly in the path of direct British sanctions and eventual intervention.
More distractions
Turning the lashes directly on the entire Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith administration, Hon Fahie said they have to appreciate that the distraction tactics, including attempts to try to intimidate, discredit, as well as to instill fear will not work because God did not give him or the people of the Virgin Islands a spirit of fear.
“Crime is now a challenge. The economy is not robust. There is no accountability. There is no transparency. Residents do not feel safe like before. Many projects under this government are not in conformity with the Constitution, the Protocols for Effective Financial Management or the Public Finance Management Act. Instead of these being this government’s focus they have chosen to make trying to discredit me their agenda.”
Hon Fahie said for now he will conclude by informing the “bully minister and this bully government that I will not be distracted from the mission of restoring accountability, transparency and good governance to these Virgin Islands. No matter how long moonlight runs daylight will catch it and they must be aware that ‘when destruction is your motivation, your motivation becomes your destruction.’”
24 Responses to “‘Bully’ Walwyn’s ignorance is self-revealing –Hon Fahie”
To be honest that million dollar spent on wall should have been spent on putting some buildings in place my child/ children and teachers cant even go in some of those classrooms they filled with mold children falling a sleep from the mold some teachers skin/ moldy some cant speak due to loss of voice they out for weeks due to mold and he hear talking piddle so I guess Andrew have the mold there as well go sit your "$$ DOWM MYRUN Bull sh*t man tired of all this pulling and hauling.
His intellect is questionable and as much as he wants to demonstrate otherwise, he is not Premiership material. He can be used much too easily by outside forces which thrives on weak characters like Andrew Fahie. History does not l
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