Unproven ‘Corruption’ talks will hurt the VI –Hon Myron V. Walwyn
This was a charge made last night January 12, 2019, when the NDP staged their first public rally as they launched their 2019 campaign spree.
The rally was held at the Road Town Market Square, with a sizable number of supporters turning out.
No Proof
Confident that they have the majority support of voters on their side, the NDP leader expressed serious concerns that the constant talk of corruption in the VI Government, has the potentials to do serious harm.
“There is a talk about corruption in the air…I have warned the persons speaking about corruption privately, I have warned them publicly, to stop it, stop it, it hurts our country”
According the Walwyn, “at this time when we are negotiating loans for our country’s recovery and development, you cannot be out there as a leader speaking about corruption. You will hamper the progress of the same country you are trying to run.”
Hon Walwyn posited there is no proof to the claims of corruption, “you haven’t provided one iota of proof except flapping your lips.”
He said “when you go out speaking about corruption, you create over regulation… because you have so many eyes on you on top of the regulation's community and they come with all kind of rules.”
He said “when they come with all them fancy rules, the money gone overseas and our people here can’t get a cent.”
Not So it Go
In turning a direct attack on Chairman of the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL), the NDP Chairman recalled a recent radio message saying, “somebody who was with us before taking credit for some things.
They increase salary to civil servants, they give ten thousand dollars on salary tax free, they give free tuition to HLSCC (H. Lavity Stoutt Community College) they start NHI (National Health Insurance) they complete the Peebles Hospital, they start the hospital on Virgin Gorda and they do constitution reform.”
But bringing it down to the rawest creole, Hon Walwyn said, “Nothing tall go so, is not so he go, is not so it go.”
He said “when you work with a government, what you do under that government, the credit belongs to that government, that credit belongs to the leader of the government, the Honourable Dr D. Orlando Smith (Premier and Minister of Finance).”
Own Straws
According to Hon Walwyn, “if you fly out of our nest you can’t walk with our straws, you have to look for your own straws.”
He said, based on talks with persons, it’s being said that the race for the majority seats in upcoming General Election is between two parties, NDP and VIP.
“Now I have my views , I believe that anything that starts bad… persons lost an election, if their intentions were to work for you, you could work from the front, you could work from the back, you could work from the middle, once you working for the people , you working for the people.”
Accusations of Corruption
Within the past eight years, there have however been multiple reports of corruption against the current NDP Government.
These include the Ports Development Project called the Tortola Pier Park (TPP) which was constructed with a $40M dollar cost overrun and the construction of a wall around the Elmore Stoutt High School with a price tag of some $1.6M.
Other officials, including the House of Assembly’s (HoA) Public Accounts Committee, the Auditor General and a TPP Project Manager, Huge E. Darley have also blatantly accused the NDP administration of corruption, mismanagement of government funds, conflict of interests and reckless spending.
It was also in 2017 when former Governor John S. Duncan, OBE, pointedly referred to the NDP government as corrupt with no priorities in its spending.
He said too, the administration had failed in its promise to bring the people a Consumer Protection Bill.
Additionally, former Opposition Leader Hon. Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said he was vindicated in calling the current NDP administration the most corrupt in the history of the VI as was evidenced in answers provided to the HoA over the years by the NDP Government.
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27 Responses to “Unproven ‘Corruption’ talks will hurt the VI –Hon Myron V. Walwyn ”
No one should suffer under a government when you have health and a brain.
We were born alone with our mother and god said by the sweat of your brow you eat bed.
Start doing that and you will receive your blessings
This guy just won't shut his mouth the more you talk u sink deeper in the pit of corruption. We donot want you running our country. Move from here wid your brain washing not fooling all ah we this time . Those that dislike this all are one the same. Move up!!!
"Within the past eight years, there have however been multiple reports of corruption against the current NDP Government.
These include the Ports Development Project called the Tortola Pier Park (TPP) which was constructed with a $40M dollar cost overrun and the construction of a wall around the Elmore Stoutt High School with a price tag of some $1.6M.
Other officials, including the House of Assembly’s (HoA) Public Accounts Committee, the Auditor General and a TPP Project Manager, Huge E. Darley have also blatantly accused the NDP administration of corruption, mismanagement of government funds, conflict of interests and reckless spending.
It was also in 2017 when former Governor John S. Duncan, OBE, pointedly referred to the NDP government as corrupt with no priorities in its spending.
He said too, the administration had failed in its promise to bring the people a Consumer Protection Bill.
Additionally, former Opposition Leader Hon. Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said he was vindicated in calling the current NDP administration the most corrupt in the history of the VI as was evidenced in answers provided to the HoA over the years by the NDP Government."
thanks VINO you are like CNN always must fact check funny man