Opposition Members boycott Ports Project opening
The launch took place at Tortola Pier Park on Wickham's Cay where scores of persons turned up for the event.
As Government promised, there were no fireworks. However, it seems as the cost cutting measures were extended to mean no eatables at the opening ceremony, although bottled water was available for some.
Efforts to confirm with the two Opposition members whether or not they were invited to the opening ceremony were futile as they did not return calls or messages.
In a statement to the media some weeks ago Honourable Fraser said the Opposition will have no part in the Tortola Pier Park project given the many issues of transparency and corruption as alleged by a number of persons including former project developer Hugh E. Darley.
In a statement to the media on January 22, 2016, Honourable Fraser said the Opposition will have no part of the Tortola Pier Park project nor the Premier's proposed “farce of an investigation.”
“... and I hope the people of this territory can agree with me when I say that you cannot investigate yourself and claim that your government is committed to the highest standard of transparency and accountability, as it relates to the development of this project,” he said.
Hon Fraser added that for the Opposition to accept this will be a travesty tantamount to sanctioning Premier Smith as Judge Jury and Executioner.
He said in the statement that the levels of public spending for the project requires the highest levels of scrutiny “if at all [the Premier] is serious about living up to the Agreement he made with the Protocol For Effective Financial Management which he signed on April 23rd 2012 with the British Government, committing his Government to delivering goods and services to the people of this territory exercising full Transparency, and Accountability with the assurance of Good Governance.”
Speaking with this news site recently, Honourable Fahie suggested that while the Ports Development Project is a good one, its execution demonstrated lack of transparency and accountability.
He noted that it isn’t every project government has done is bad and that the ports project is one of the good ones, however, he believes the problem people have with some of the good projects is the lack of accountability.
“That seems to be one of the underlying factors with a lot of the projects that cannot be completed by this administration,” Honourable Fahie had said.
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49 Responses to “Opposition Members boycott Ports Project opening”
I think Fahie's comments in this article are as fair as you can get.
In the annals of history this is recorded as a defining instance of self annihilation by a long ago party once known as VIP.
Them two poppy shows had a right to stay home, too F***in shame to face what
they could have done.
Nobody miss them dumb @$$ any how.
We need all new politicians except for Marlon. Everyone else must go! EVERYONE!
Their absence contributed to the good vibes .
No reminders of sore losers and do nothing waste of time.
We have all been there but simply eat crow,put on our big boy pants and do the right thing.
It has nothing to do with egos. What did they accomplish and contributed to this historical occasion?
Too bad. They missed out on an opportunity to represent as quality, dignified
and respectful representatives.
May they Rest in Peace.
May they rest in Peace.
These people are children not leaders.