‘I’ll stand up to Gov't whether VIP or NDP’- Natalio D. Wheatley
He was speaking on the National Health Insurance (NHI) last Tuesday September 15, 2015 during an airing of Speak Out BVI hosted by Doug Wheatley on ZBVI 780 AM.
“We are the Government…we have elected a group of people to represent our interests not to do what they want,” he said. He likened it to an attorney at law who seeks to represent a client in court without consulting with that client, noting that this was good enough reason for sacking of that attorney.
“But the problem is that in this situation the Government feels quite confident with it because the sacking could only come after four years and [they would hope that with the passage of those four years] they will do enough things to sweeten you up and then you will forget all about sacking them. But that is not how democracy is supposed to function.”
Wheatley recalled that he was side by side with Chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John I. Cline in protest against Biwater during the Virgin Islands Party Government of 2007 to 2011.
“The VIP was elected the same way as the National Democratic Party has now been elected and they proposed something called Biwater. And I was side by side, arm by arm with Bishop Cline and the others who said we didn’t want Biwater as it was not in the best interest of the people. So I can’t take a different approach now because it is the NDP,” he said.
“Whether it is the NDP, the VIP, the PEP, United Party, Concerned Citizens Movement, it doesn’t matter for me. I take the same approach all along. Right is right and wrong is wrong and the Government is supposed to represent the will of the people and we cannot tolerate a situation where they dictate to us as opposed to us letting them know how we want to be represented,” said Wheatley.
Wheatley is the proposer of a petition both online and in print which is seeking to have the NHI taken back to the drawing board by the Government and which so far has gained over 600 signatures.
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23 Responses to “‘I’ll stand up to Gov't whether VIP or NDP’- Natalio D. Wheatley”
You sound like a real j@ck@$$ with a long tail.
Let them don't go back to the drawing board. They would not even last the four years in office. The hand of God will move them one by one. Just watch and see.