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Hon J. Alvin Christopher shocked @ Speaker’s absence

Representative for the Second District Honourable J. Alvin Christopher is perplexed that Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Ingrid A. Moses was away from the House without any indication that she would have been absent for the sitting of August 14, 2014. Photos: bvi.org.uk
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Representative for the Second District Honourable J. Alvin Christopher is perplexed that Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Ingrid A. Moses was away from the House without giving any notification that she would have been absent for the sitting of August 14, 2014.

“The Speaker of the House left the Territory without informing the members that she would have been out. Members of the Opposition did not receive any correspondence that she would have been out,” said Hon Christopher in a comment to this news site on August 15, 2014.

“That’s not normal…when the Speaker is leaving the Territory she informs members so that [you can know how to address official correspondences]. When the Speaker or the Clerk is leaving the same thing is done,” he said.

“If the Speaker was out and did not inform us that she was out, when we wrote the letter on Wednesday August 13, 2014, we could have addressed it to the acting Speaker but we didn’t know. We had no information, no knowledge that the Speaker would have been out of the House,” he said.

“And we wrote the letter on Wednesday August 13, 2014 because the Sitting was Thursday August 14, 2014 and when we took the letter to her [office] we were told that she was not there,” he said.

“We were shocked…we were wondering how could this happen?” he asked in a perplexed tone.

At the continuation of the Eighth Sitting of the Third Session of the Second House of Assembly Hon Christopher excused himself from the Sitting after Deputy Speaker Hon Delores Christopher refused him leave to speak on a matter involving a letter that the Opposition members wrote to the Speaker with regards to the behaviour of Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn who read and distributed letters addressed to the Speaker without her permission.

13 Responses to “Hon J. Alvin Christopher shocked @ Speaker’s absence”

  • Perplexed! (17/08/2014, 10:17) Like (8) Dislike (8) Reply
    Nothing surprises me with NDP or the Speaker! At first I must say the now premier initially shocked me when I was able to see his true demeanor. I have never voted and have a few colleagues who will be new to the registers list! And we are more than ready to take the smerk off their faces! And have ISM go sit down from off balancing the balancing scale!
  • Let alone (17/08/2014, 10:39) Like (16) Dislike (3) Reply
    Hon. Alvin what are you worrying about. The speaker and the members on the government side acts like they are accountable to no one but leave them alone, give the all the rope they need and soon and very soon, not long they will surely hang themselves. Irrespective of what the Hon. Premier said school children says that some of them will not be seeking re-election so maybe that's the reason they behaving so because they will not have to come back to us asking for our votes
  • True (17/08/2014, 11:00) Like (5) Dislike (20) Reply
    so you walked out brought the session to an abrupt close and you wonder where the notice of absence has gone, you are not even a member of the VIP party anymore so a Bielection should of been held for your seat.
    • Outspoken (17/08/2014, 21:35) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ true. He have not resign his position as representative of the second district, so why should a bi-election be held
  • orion (17/08/2014, 11:04) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
    She and her business partner gone
  • Gloria Fahie (17/08/2014, 11:09) Like (29) Dislike (0) Reply
    There is so much blatant disrespect going on in the House of Assembly…Come on man…you all need to get you all act together and do the people's business in a professional manner…what legacy you all want to leave behind when you leave this world…everything is on the web and little kids are doing research papers all the time…it is sickening now!
  • Funny (17/08/2014, 11:39) Like (10) Dislike (2) Reply
    they all does be clowns
  • cay (17/08/2014, 13:17) Like (8) Dislike (2) Reply
    i now see what Ms. parsons means when she say the HOA is like a circus...myon should have never even been there
  • pete (17/08/2014, 22:26) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    You can not resolve anything or move forward with so much passive aggression. No one says anything but there is a little dig to everything that goes on. Where is the grown up in the room?
  • Hmm (19/08/2014, 05:04) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    I am shocked at his facial hair.


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