Heated exchange temporarily halted 2011 budget debate
Hon. Alvin Christopher (right) and Hon. Andrew Fahie.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A heated exchange of words between two legislators forced the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Roy Harrigan to recess the House for more than 30 minutes to iron out the ‘nitty gritty’ of insufficient information coming out of the Education Ministry.
Today Thursday, December 23, Second District Representative Alvin Christopher told the House that certain information requested from the Ministry of Education was outstanding which he viewed “as a total violation of the Standing Order”.
Legislators have converged to debate the estimates of the 2011 budget.
According to Hon. Christopher, over the past two weeks legislators were promised information and they are still awaiting that information. He pinpointed that some of the burning questions that needed to be answered were the youth programmes that were supposedly suspended yet monies were allocated for them in 2011.
“…The University of the West Indies, programme of youths that were suspended by the General Auditor…nearly one million dollars…yet monies are being funded for these programmes,” Hon. Christopher stated.
However, Minister for Education and Culture, Andrew Fahie, interjected and accused the 2nd District Representative of casting aspersions to the public that he was the one withholding the information.
He emphatically stated that he would never block anyone from getting the information and pointed out during the Standing Finance Committee deliberations he was absent due to medical reasons. He further stated that if Hon. Christopher needed any data he could have asked the Permanent Secretary within his Ministry.
“I will not sit down here and be a scapegoat for anybody,” Hon. Fahie declared.
The information Hon. Christopher needed was subsequently given to him at the resumption of the debate.
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you mean i miss the fight?
Lawdy dem need to put Frazer to be dey referee…get the boxing glov out!
naa man put dancee as dey referee mek dey ting look sweet plzz
the people wants to know what happened to that money that Cline was given for the youth project? The people want to know!!!!!!
Alvin we have not seen you for three years but I am with you on this one! the so called Neighbourhood Partnership Initiative started by paying Pastor Cline tons of money and no one can tell we what has been achieved. Dem school children say the $$$$$$ paid out on this project was outrageous upwards of close to 100 thousand monthly……. Someone need to go to jail for this mess
I do not mind them fighting…hands and feet does fall out! But at the end of the day, I am sticking to my old party the VIP all the way AAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL THE WAY YALL
Haha let’s get this man fight on yall
the good thing about this party is that they always air their dirty laundry while the ndp cover up and hide theirs….if you think i lie,ask audley maduro?
SO LOOK THE FIGHT FOR THE Premier’s Job…Fraser, Dancia and Alvin going for it and they want to kill poor Andrew…well saw look thing, Uncle Ralph better win he seat to avoid civil war!!!!!
me wid dey brox bummer
alvin christopher for chief minister……NOT
While I know Alvin is trying to get some political mileage because he thinks Fahie is feeding Cline to run against him, we have a serious matter on this partnership programme.
My insiders told me that some half a million dollars has been expended on such a programme. Where are the results? Someone must answer…..
Can someone explain to me the Neighbourhood Partnership Initiative?
same question i had…what a fancy name
The truth will come out sooner or later. I will be waiting to read the report. Bit I will be very disappointed if Claude Skelton-Cline just got home and link up with Mr. Fahie and start some corruption melee. After all he is a man of the bible, so I do not expect this, as it may be just Alvin playing politicks…
All for self!!! Set of wolves in sheep clothing!
The speaker of the house is so weak…hope he was not trying to silence the members and that was why Alvin did not speak again on this matter!
but Andrew did not speak either so what’s your point?
The issue of the money spent on this YOUTH PARNERSHIP project is a serious one. We still need answers as my research told me that Mr. CLAUDE CLINE statement to the media is just not so…A BIG FAT LIE
Andrew Fahie if I waz you I would leave Alvin Christopher alone. That devil brought down two governments……lVIP & NDP ……leave them people Brox bummer them have a history…..
now now now now now now Uncle Ralphie you need to control these two school boys they need licks from techer Ralph……or techer Dancia