‘Your gov’t has no secrets’- Premier Fahie
According to Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), detractors of his Government are trying to destabilise his administration by spreading mistruths about government House Members into the public sphere.
Destabilisation
“These attempts at destabilising this administration are not about damaging the reputation of the individual ministers and terrorising their families… the members and their families will be collateral damage in an unholy war for the status quo to hold on to their grasp around the necks of our citizens,” the Premier said at the September 2, 2019, sitting of the HoA.
“When the electorate voted out the previous government and elected this administration, there were making a statement, they were taking a stand against the status quo,” he said,
The Premier noted that his government’s vision for transforming the VI is one that will create an environment that is very difficult for the status quo to continue exploiting the people.
In accusing the detractors of his government of planting mischief and misinformation for persons with ‘vulnerable dispositions’ to pick up, Premier Fahie said those actions “allow falsehoods to take on deeper roots than the truth.”
“Your governments… has no secrets that can be leveraged against us or which can be used to blackmail us,” Hon Fahie noted. He questioned the credibility of Opposition Members for agreeing on contracts while in government, yet causing ‘long drawn out discussions’ in the house while in Opposition.
Need for Constitutional Reform
Hon Fahie; however, noted that even as his government will agree to transparency in instances where there is no need, “We are finding situations where the provisions of the Virgin Islands (VI) Constitution Order are proven to be out of date and inadequate,” Premier Fahie said.
“Another recent instance you would recall is the gaping legal hole that was exposed when the Honourable Member for the Fourth District attempted to resign from his seat after the general elections last February before the appointment of a Speaker,” he said.
The Premier underscored that there remains a need for constitutional reform in the Virgin Islands and, “Until such time as the constitution is revised, we on this side will volunteer to disclosure.”
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11 Responses to “‘Your gov’t has no secrets’- Premier Fahie”
If you sift through all the useless information, what qualitative information have you really been given?
You really think you know whats going on? I think am a fairly intelligent and reasonable person, and i have absolutely no idea of what is happening.
The portfolio of the man above keeps getting longer and longer. The question is, when will he find the time to dedicate qualitative attention to them all.....the thing we learn in the private sector is that one person should not be allowed to handle more than one position, where those positions are extremely involved and complicated for by themselves, let alone if they have to hold 2 and 3 positions that are like that.
What do you suppose will happen?
Something will not be done or will not be done well and most likely will not be done at all.
So you tell me, what do you really know?
You ever heard the saying the best place to hide is out in the light where we keep flouting the word transparency every 5 seconds.