Inexperienced Governor was calling the shots after Irma- Hon Fraser
Hon Fraser was at the time debating a motion he seconded at yesterday’s January 5, 2021, House of Assembly (HoA) sitting, for the portfolio of Disaster Management to fall under the purview of the local government and elected leaders, rather than the Governor.
Shocking to see Governor Jaspert at head of table - Hon Fraser
“I got what was really a shock, the Governor had gotten to the territory… 13-days… but yet my Premier and all the ministers would allow him to be calling the shots as to who doing what and all that stuff in our territory."
The serving Premier at the time was Dr D. Orlando Smith and, according to Hon Fraser, in relation to the inexperienced Governor being in charge, “they seemed like they were alright with it.”
Mr Fraser then further related that upon arriving at an emergency meeting, he asked questions only to be told by the new Governor that nothing that was covered before would be revisited.
“I was going for him because I had nothing to lose, but Ronny W. Skelton was sitting next to me… and if he give you an elbow, I had to respect his elbow.”
The Senior Opposition Legislator said the imagery of what he experienced in the room of having an inexperienced governor call the shots, is one of the reasons for his support of Disaster Management falling under Government's purview.
Failure of one Gov't is no reason to blame the system - Hon Fraser
“I haven’t forgotten that picture that I saw with my eyes, and one of the things I really don’t want to see happen is that disaster management under a Ministry becomes politicised,” Hon Fraser added.
According to Mr Fraser, if the territory has a Government that is a failure and can’t manage the affairs of the territory, the system cannot be blamed, rather the Government should be at fault.
“Because one Premier and his administration can’t execute according to the plan, don't blame the plan, Mr Speaker. So that is absolutely no reason for anyone to object or claim that this [Government oversight of DDM] shouldn't happen,” he said.
Second District Representative and Opposition Member Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) had joked that the Ministers became "minuscule" when a state of emergency was called and the Governor took charge in the territory.
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34 Responses to “Inexperienced Governor was calling the shots after Irma- Hon Fraser”
Gus the rac**t hope he go fast
We will miss you Gus, and hope that the incoming Governor will bring the leadership this Territory needs to move forward!
The Governor did more than you or the NDP government.
The Commissioner admitted to the public that nobody had informed him on how to handle the aftermath of hurricanes before or after he had arrived in the territory on how to prevent looting etc but still, his deputy was given a QPM and praised for his work during the hurricane where many businesses were destroyed by the looting and had to close down permanently after insurance companies said looting was not covered. What a sorry bunch.
Can’t wait for Gutless Loser G*** to return to cold Covid infested UK where he’ll have to cook his own meals and do his own laundry after milking it here for years and exploiting his poorly paid house servants (who are all black, not even ONE white servant he employed. ONLY W**** D***** R***** WOMEN in his crony office tho.....). One even died. And they couldn’t find him for days.... just shows how incompetent this loser bigot is. White Privilege.
The Governor is part of the reason the BVI got through the Irma aftermath.
NDP was worthless during a national emergency.
Fahie could well of done better, but without the army the streets would of been chaos!