Hon Skelton accuses Gov Duncan of trying to bring back slavery!
It was on October 31, 2016 during the continuation of the Second Sitting of the Second Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) that the Health Minister spoke passionately on the topic as he urged all elected officials to stand up against such because the territory has gotten this far despite of the British government.
Hon Skelton said, "We’ve done it by hard work and we need to recognise this. But somebody thinks it wasn't done by hard work and we are being marginalised, and we need to stand up and say this is our country and we built it and despite of what people think.”
"I have a different way of looking at my country; all of our forefathers built this country when it was nothing,” He added as he spoke of the different types of slaves that existed and the role his father and fore parents played in building the territory.
According to Hon Skelton the days of slavery are no longer here and there is now a governorship that seems to believe that those days should come back. “I am saying no.”
It was at that juncture that he pleaded for the help of Leader of the Opposition Hon Fraser. “And I need the Leader of the Opposition's help,” said Hon Skelton who has been taking many pokes at the Opposition Leader recently.
Governor Duncan talks tough
It was unearthed recently by this news site that the United Kingdom appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE wrote Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith in February 2016 about the blatant violation of the Virgin Islands’ Constitution over formal audits of the Government Accounts.
He warned that without formal audits of Government Accounts the FCO “cannot be certain as to the extent of their own contingent liability.”
Governor Duncan had also asked Dr Smith and the Cabinet to “lead a concerted and structured effort to reduce wasteful expenditure.”
29 Responses to “Hon Skelton accuses Gov Duncan of trying to bring back slavery!”
There have been no audited accounts since 2012. How much time does it take for heaven's sake? I think three years is a bit much, don't you?
"This government Have not brought on all the debts that we have, it's on going and it takes time to get the debt down."
Do you have a clue what our national debt was before the NDP got into office in 2011 and what it is now? They are making NO attempt to get the debt down. All they do is spend, spend, spend!
I don't know which BVI you live in, but in my BVI, if you call or write the government about anything, you can wait donkey's years and still not get a response. The poor complaints commissioner gets ignored by government and that office has basically become a joke.
Clearly you have bought into the "poor we" slave syndrome the government is spouting. Do you truly believe that the UK has any desire whatsoever to take over the BVI. Think again! As a dependent territory, the UK is OBLIGATED to look out for the rights and welfare of our citizens. The Governor is trying to do his job as politely and as gently as he possibly can. However, our politicians consistently pull out the race card and the slavery card whenever they are caught out doing something wrong and not doing those things that they are REQUIRED to do by law!
It boggles the mind how quickly some will fall for scaremongering. Our politicians seem to think we are all feeble minded morons who will believe anything they say. Some however never question those in authority and that is a very dangerous path to take.