‘Hush money? I did not take it’- Bishop John I. Cline
There have been rumours circulating in the past three weeks and even calls to our newsroom that the man of the cloth had been very quiet recently, and as gossip had it, Mr Cline had allegedly "took hush money to keep off the Premier".
However, in his national broadcast, the Chairman of the BVI Christian Council categorically denied taking any hush money. He said he "speaks only when necessary, fears no one and cannot be bought by anyone".
NDP has no leader
He said the leadership in the Virgin Islands (VI) matters and "the people of the Territory has lost trust in this National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration". Bishop Cline said good leadership has a plan for the next 10 or 20 years.
The Bishop expressed, "We have allowed corruption to set in and raw sewerage still runs in the capital and it smells."
He lambasted the ruling NDP and described them as a set of "cannibalistic dictators". The bishop stated that the future of the territory is “blurry” under its current leadership where leadership matters.
“The current leadership has become cannibalistic in its behaviour, destroying all those who have different opinions to theirs. They undermine and marginalise their supporters and turn a deaf ear to wise counsel. We need better from our leaders,” Cline said to the background music of the Territorial song.
Let freedom reign
Since the 2011 general elections that saw the NDP came to power, they have been accused by local, regional and international organisations of cracking down on press freedom. However, the Bishop warned that “our present government needs to change their ways".
He further stated, “Every citizen and resident of the VI, whether in the private or public sector, has a right to respectfully voice their opinion in a free and democratic society without fear."
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29 Responses to “‘Hush money? I did not take it’- Bishop John I. Cline”
KUDOS to those leaders who are meek in spirit, pure in heart and are serving with integrity!
you even got me thinking of paying you 'hush money' just to make you shut up, and go away. Sick of hearing from this family!
Wow!!!!!
The whole mix up in the Virgin Islands has been engineered by people who are not from here but want to capitalize on the birthright of the locals. We have a set of traitors who joined the bandwagon because of envy jealousy and greed. WE ARE NOW REAPING THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR....this is just the beginning' things are about to turn into as Freedom fighter sings "we getting worse than the Middle East"....Don't fool yourself into believing it was Irma and that's it. Irma was just the beginning....try and recollect the rage and fury in Irma's voice. Do you think that was coincidence....the clock is ticking
Oh shut the f@$^ up with the pity party! The issues in this Territory are US! We the locals don't like each other and when the kitchen gets hot we play the race baiting card. If we were a united people nobody could come from anywhere and do sh1t! We only complain when we don't get our way, that's it, once we are well, our pockets are well, the territory is therefore well and that's the problem right there.
"There have been rumours circulating in the past three weeks and even calls to our newsroom that the man of the cloth had been very quiet recently, and as gossip had it, Mr Cline had allegedly "took hush money to keep off the Premier"."
1. What have you helped to build?
2. How much money do you send "home" and how many houses have you built back home?
3. Whose country is being built up?
4. What do you want now, that you cannot have, make you use the words "bad mindedness"?
Watching your ungratefulness - want, want, greed, greed, don't pay rent, attitude of entitlement, drain on resources, uncouth, ...