Faye J. Reese-Charles tipped to be PEP’s 9th District candidate in 2015/16 elections!
The seat is being vacated by long time Legislator and Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE (R9).
According to this news site’s many senior sources within all political parties in the Virgin Islands (VI) Ms. Reese-Charles was settled on after a series of meetings with the PEP Executive. She is expected to make a formal announcement in May of this year.
The PEP which is the VI’s newest political party was launched on March 29, 2014 and has as its Chairman Honourable J. Alvin Christopher (R2) a former Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Minister and member and its President is Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru a former member of the People’s Patriotic Alliance (PPA).
To date the PEP has not announced any of its candidates but promised to have a full slate to compete in the next general elections due by February 2016.
Repeated attempts by this news site to reach both Hon Christopher and Wheatley for a comment proved futile up to post time.
Faye J. Reese-Charles
Mrs. Reese-Charles spent over 30 years as a public officer rising to the ranks of Assistant Secretary in the Premier’s Office. Her most recent appointment was that of Assistant Cabinet Secretary, in the Cabinet Office, a new post that started in 2007. She is currently a lecturer at the H. L Stoutt Community College, the Virgin Gorda campus.
The Virgin Gordian holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors in Law and Political Science from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Ms. Reese could not be reached for comment up to post time.
List for the 9th District seat growing
It was this news site that broke all the political candidate stories last year. In exclusive interviews many candidates have trusted VINO to announce their intentions to seek political office. Last year long time political hopeful Dr. Hubert O’Neal who ran four times for the Ninth District seat (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011) and lost all four times told our news room that he is running again after announcing in 2011 that he was throwing in the towel.
Our news room has since confirmed that Dr. O’Neal an ophthalmologist will be on the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) ticket according to a senior party official.
Earlier this year 2015 Dr. Rawle R. Hannibal told our news room that he will be an independent candidate for the Ninth District seat in the next general elections.
In addition, last year former Government Press Secretary and Radio personality Devon U. Osborne announced his intention to seek the Opposition VIP nomination through its Congress to run in the Ninth District bringing the list to four potential candidates for the open seat.
The Ninth District covers the Sister Islands of Virgin Gorda and Anegeda.
Other candidates for 2015/16 elections
It was this news site that also broke the story that PPA Shaina M. Smith will be seeking political office again as an At-Large candidate under the PPA banner. This news site also broke the story that Youth Leader and Businessman Rajah A. Smith was also seeking the VIP nomination through its Congress to run At-Large.
VINO will be your exclusive election centre for all political coverage in the battle to replace the NDP.
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56 Responses to “Faye J. Reese-Charles tipped to be PEP’s 9th District candidate in 2015/16 elections!”
What's wrong with that?
on virgin gorda or 2 on anegada, she grow up under VIP
raised, fed and bred and here she is voting against them.
Ralph will sure remind her. Her mother is probally on her
broad side by now.
I also agree that many are called but only one will be chosen for the 9th and it will not be her.
The world really coming to an end mah boooooooy!
Heh heh heh...
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