Gov’t creating culture of disrespect; not excellence – Hon. Fahie
Hon. Fahie made the claims on July 30, 2013 during an Opposition held press conference, which also featured Hon. Fraser.
“They did not ask the Speaker to be excused, they did not ask the Speaker for a recess, they did not ask the Speaker for an adjournment… they just unruly got up and walked out while the Member for the Third District was in the middle of his presentation,” Hon. Fahie said.
Hon. Fahie charged that the NDP’s claim of creating a culture of excellence was rubbished by what appears to be a clear culture of disrespect that reigned in the House of Assembly as a result and stated that there was no excuse for the walk out.
He further claimed that the party was insulting the intelligence of the people of the Virgin Islands with claims that they left to have a discussion and said the walkout was also an affront to Her Majesty the Queen who was represented by the mace in the HOA.
“We are calling on this Administration to apologise forthwith to Her Majesty,” said Hon. Fahie. He also called for apologies to the Speaker, the House of Assembly as well as the people of the Virgin Islands because, “they abdicated their responsibilities to do the work of the people by walking out,” he said.
Hon. Fahie said that in his research, he could not find a single instance of any government walking out of the House of Assembly, which was quite different from the Opposition walking out.
“This unruly behaviour cannot go unnoticed nor unaddressed and the government cannot play with our intelligence to tell us they left to discuss,” the First District Representative said.
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Keep on them @$$ fahie keep on them!