'Dr Smith is ill prepared for Finance portfolio'- John I Cline
The outspoken religious leader was at the time speaking on Monday November 20, 2017 in an interview on Fresh Radio Vybz, the online radio station hosted by Paul A. Peart aka 'Gadiethz'.
He said everybody he talks to in the NDP and the wider Territory believe that the Ministry of Finance should be given to Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL). He said the best thing for the country now is for "Ronnie to be given the finance portfolio." The Bishop went on to say, "every last one of the backbenchers think that Dr Smith should give up the portfolio, every last one, and I can tell you this in confidence..."
Pride would not allow it to happen-Cline
The only persons who support the Premier keeping the Finance Ministry are "some of his very close supporters and that the only thing stopping the premier from giving it up is pride."
Mr Cline said, if Mr Skelton was the Minister of Finance "by now we would have had all the audited financial reports in order...I can guarantee this as Dr Smith took on something that he is ill prepared for," he told Mr Peart.
He said under Hon Skelton, who now holds the Health and Social Development Ministry, we would have "ensured accountability and transparency."
The NDP member told the host 'Gadiethz' that he has no confidence in his party with Dr Smith as the Leader. He said the NDP backbenchers are not treated right, they have no voice, they are not listened to, they are only told to fall in line.
Next Election will be different
Bishop Cline, who is the Senior Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff's Bottom on Tortola, said "one thing for sure, the next election the people will be given information and we will speak truth to power and the Christian community will have a voice."
The founder of the Save the Seed Energy Centre and co-founder of the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League told the host that the public is very disappointed in the Leadership of the country and the Government does not have a plan to deal with the current crisis post Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Cline was victimised for speaking out
In January of this year, Mr Cline was forced by Premier Smith to resign as Chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority Board because he publicly agreed with former Legislator and NDP spokeswoman Eileene L. Parsons OBE, who led an effort via lobbying and a letter (published by our newsroom), to remove Premier Smith from the post of Minister of Finance.
Dr Smith survived the “coup d'état” and also a Motion brought to the House of Assembly to replace him as Finance Minister by Opposition Leader Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), which was never seconded.
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28 Responses to “'Dr Smith is ill prepared for Finance portfolio'- John I Cline”
Move mark and myron to the back bench they have been failures
Bishop Cline is ill prepared to be a man of the cloth
Exodus 17:8-13 (NIV) says:
"The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands." So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword."
Let us be the Aaron and the Hur for our Premier. Maybe he his tired, maybe his hands are down. Let us help him to hold them up or else we cannot win. This is what I would like to hear from our Chrisitian community.
A waiting to hear he interview on social behavior on youths and adults, behavior on adultery and how true Christian should portray themselves... Leave Politics alone Brother!