VI avoided same-sex marriage ‘like a plague’ - Hon Fraser
![Further, he said as part of that avoidance, the Virgin Islands (VI) had “wished for the British Government to impose imperial legislation upon us,” but in speaking directly to Premier and Minister of Finance, Andrew A. Fahie (R1) he said, “It’s an issue you [Premier] has to face… your government has to face it, It’s not something that’s you could avoid or walk away from.” Photo: Facebook](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/800x_f_fahie2_01.JPG)
Further, he said as part of that avoidance, the Virgin Islands (VI) had “wished for the British Government to impose imperial legislation upon us.” Howevver, in speaking directly to Premier and Minister of Finance, Andrew A. Fahie (R1) he said, “It’s an issue you [Premier] has to face… your government has to face it, it’s not something that’s you could avoid or walk away from.”
Show Leadership – Fraser
Hon Fraser during his inaugural address to the House of Assembly (HoA), on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, further implored new Premier Fahie to, “Show that you have leadership skills, show that you have tenacity that I always thought that you have and deal with these issues.”
Hon Fraser told said he made several efforts to contact Premier Fahie by phone to congratulate him, while noting that for the good of the country, they all have no choice but to work together.
“I too have no issues working together with you all because I know that we are due for a constitutional advancement in this territory, which should have happened in the last administration and didn’t.”
According to Fraser, “Only the best among us will get proper results for this territory,” he said that the British Government is aware that the VI has squandered every opportunity given to them to build on institutions.
Independence
“People talk about independence and self-determination... The question they must ask themselves is are we prepared. Have we build our institutions on which we can stand on our own?” Mr Fraser questioned.
He says the VI still doesn’t have its own currency and still rely on Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, “This institution that you see us here with today, it looks good... the audience is great, and to the untrained eyes as you would say, everything seems ok... but this is the institution we must start building first.”
Further, Mr Fraser alluded to other issues such as the UK’s attempt to remove belongership status, “those are big issues and I am urging you Mr Premier and as a matter of fact as far as I am concerned you should have been in London right now,” he charged.
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Breath out. Move on.
Moreover, several countries used the US dollar as primary/legal tender currency, ie, Turks and Caicos, El Salvador, Ecuador, Micronesia, Palau, Zimbabwe, Timor, Marshall Islands ......etc. ( Dollarization). True, using a foreign currency as legal tender currency limits monetary policy control. Further, BVI is not ready for independence. No problem to using the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
every one is entitled to his or her very personal opinion(just live with it)...another things that is non existent in the BVI is political crimes(in some countries if you have on the wrong colour shirt in certain communities you will get beat down)...so for God in Heaven sake try “go cid down” with racism conversation in our blessed territory)