‘UK has no confidence in NDP Administration’—Carvin Malone
Mr. Malone was at the time responding to questions as to his thoughts on the stalled recovery, post Hurricanes Irma and Maria. According to Mr Malone, it is “the Politics of Recovery.”
He stated that it was clear to him that the UK Government lacks confidence in the NDP.
Reference was made to an incident in 2012 when Minister for Education and Culture, and Chairman of the NDP, the Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL), at a House of Assembly sitting declared that the “Premier, Smith had them [UK Government] eating out of the palm of his hands.”
At that very same sitting, the Minister for Communications and Works, Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) said “they, the UK trust us; they trust our Premier that is why they approved the $15 million dollar loan that had been held up under the previous government.”
Trust? Not NDP
Commenting on the issue, radio host Mr Skelton-Cline said “here we are six years later…and it’s ironic, if not tragic, certainly for the people of these Virgin Islands that we are the ones being eaten for lunch and our recovery is stalled because the UK…their actions have exhibited no confidence in—nor trust—in this NDP Government.”
Mr. Malone conceded with those sentiments, stating that the reason for the stalled recovery is that the “United Kingdom is denying this government access to any funding from every source that is deemed to be for the recovery and development. Hence, the need for the Agency to have been legally established and up and running.”
New Leader still a failure
Mr. Skelton-Cline further questioned Mr Malone as to whether he believes this Government can “cure what they have made wrong”, and whether the change in leadership will aid in this cause. In response, the past V.I.P President stated that there is “no evidence that they could, “ adding “that is a failed experiment.”
Honestly Speaking is a radio programme aired every Tuesday from 5PM to 6PM live on ZBVI 780 AM.
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7 Responses to “‘UK has no confidence in NDP Administration’—Carvin Malone”
GET THE RAT TRAP FOR THAT CHEESE THIEF!
Come on now. We all know what the response would be.
HONESTLY SPEAKING, we need to give a whole new party of community minded people a chance to prove themselves. Both VIP and NDP has failed this territory but if I had to choose between the two, it would be NDP, only because I believe those NDP members who will remain for the upcoming elections will have the experience and current knowlwdge to correct what wrongs they have made.
PS. How soon we forget - It was not that long ago, the UK did not have confidence in the VIP government either.