Gov Duncan spanks NDP; Uses reserved power to finance police!
Not even within the last 20 years in the face of many natural disasters, such as hurricanes Hugo, Marilyn or David, have such powers been used by Governors.
I am still the boss- John S. Duncan
Today, His Excellency Governor Duncan, who has been publicly embarrassing and blasting this government, told the local media that he has used his reserved powers under the constitution to direct the Accountant General via warrant to allocate the sum of $800,000 to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
He has also made his intentions known to Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), Deputy Premier Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) and the Cabinet Secretary, during an emergency National Security Council meeting held today.
Within the past few months many prominent voices, including former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works and businessman Julian Willock, have been calling on government to fund the police so they will have resources to help in their crime fighting efforts.
It was just last month that Governor Duncan made public that since the NDP took office they have cut the Police operations budget by some 46% percent and told persons at a government ceremony that this administration has no regard for “priority in spending.”
Governor Duncan told the few members of the press a few hours ago that “I just came from the National Security Council (NSC) meeting where I met with the Members to discuss the shortfall in the budget for the police force...After a long discussion I informed the Premier that I am not prepared to allow the situation to continue so I am invoking Section 103 of the Constitution, which allows the Governor to authorise that expenditure.”
No reaction to this bomb shell as yet
Currently, the Legislators are in the House of Assembly (HoA), today March 16, 2017 therefore neither the Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Smith nor the Leader of the Opposition Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) could be reached for immediate comments.
Meanwhile, the controversial Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL), despite the Governor continuing to publicly chastise the government for their many failures in the area of lack of financial management, transparency, accountability and not passing the Freedom of Information Act, Mr Walwyn said with a straight face that the UK still has confidence in the ruling National Democratic Party a few days ago while debating the 2017 budget in the HoA.
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63 Responses to “Gov Duncan spanks NDP; Uses reserved power to finance police!”
The Governor has the facts. He was just expecting us to clean up or own mess since we were the ones who created this mess in the first place. However, he has just extended a grapevine for us to get it together. NDP is no good for us. Their priorities are in the wrong places. Our quality of Life is deteriorating rapidly while their focus is concentrated on everything else but us and what is going on before us.
Now we see why ball-head, funnyman, stood up spewing his bullying-spin doctrine in the HOA the other day- talking about his government still doing great and how the UK like their administration performance. He knows better; it's just that those votes he got in the last election warped his sense of legitimate power.
It's all SPIN People. This is just their distraction from their want-to-be alternative facts, based on their delusional utopia on how we should feel about their performance on the grounds and disregarding everyday reality on the grounds.
NDP is completely detached from reality happening on the grounds.
They feel that they are the best gifts ever voted into office by the people and anything they say is gospel, including those alternative facts given to us the other day from the self-generated audit given by their Big Money Spender on the position of the Cruise ship Pier Park.
Wait- their own self-audit will reveal tons of information if you know how to read between the documented figures on each line- and that's if it ever gets to us in the public before they leave or remove from office: all the new licenses and the new business names generated around the same time.
NDP is holding on to straws just about this time. Lots more to come down the line. Our direction is just another Turk and Caicos debacle coming soon to a news media- who is not afraid to dig deep to uncover our secretive dirty little truths.
Thank you governor we need a safe BVI. Thanks.
The fact that we claim to be a "Christian" society, behooves that we TRULY REFLECT the Christian attitude toward each other, whether the idividual is a politician, or someone who is here residing among us (whether they have an office job, work in a restaurant or other industry).
Of course we are free to have a view about the Governor or anyone in high position however, there is always a best way to share that view. The Word of God suggests that we "do unto others whst we want them to do unto us". It also tells us that if we have an aught with someone, we should tell them between you and them alone. If they do not hear you, you take someone else etc.
So, now that monies have been appropriated to assist the Police, we trust that it will be prioritized in the best way to have the best impact on enhancing the safety of all of us here in the BVI.