'Allegiance to political parties has retarded VI’s progress'- Bishop Cline
The clergyman made the statement at the recent 1949 Great Match re-enactment held on Sunday, November 21, 2021, during a keynote speech delivered at Sir Olva George Plaza on the topic of greater self-determination in the Virgin Islands.
Stagnated Growth from political allegiance – Bishop Cline
“As it stands now, allegiance to political parties and self-interest have stagnated our growth and retarded our progress,” he said.
According to Bishop Cline, with the funds that have been under the control of governments to spend on a yearly basis, the territory, therefore, should be far better off.
“We should look better, we should feel better, the standard of living for this territory should be better and the quality of life for all Virgin Islanders should be better,” he said.
With an accumulated total running into billions every four years, Bishop Cline admonished that the territory ought to be moving forward with much greater determination.
“We the people must hold any elected government responsible for how they spend our money, this is not a joke… we need leaders who are not just interested in their political parties,” he said.
‘Be loyal to territory’ – Bishop Cline to Leaders
Bishop Cline further called for leaders to be loyal to the territory, rather than having the people divided.
“We need leaders who are aware of regional, international and global trends. Leaders who must not just talk good, but do good,” he said.
He also reiterated calls for an end to political rhetoric which he said is sometimes displayed in the VI House of Assembly (HoA) amongst elected members.
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29 Responses to “'Allegiance to political parties has retarded VI’s progress'- Bishop Cline”
Not every enemy is your adversary and not every ally is your friend. Once we work towards the development of the Territory. Nationals from other countries are coming here without looking for distraction and are moving forward thus leave others behind. I will not listen to Pastor Cline because he is blowing wind in the air.
Political Leadership during The 60s, 70s 80s and part of the 90s went well
the way forward should be a collision government, back then winners at the pole got together and form a government
this set of members from the same group forming a government should be disrupted
TI BED PERMANENTLY
A system by design which has been deliberately spread in the name of democracy to get rid of non European foreign sovereignty while domestic political parties act as a buffer between the actual leaders and the common people.
When a problem occurs you blame the party none else but the party.
Her majesty’s loyal opposition mmmhm. They’re doing wonderful work I hear. Whether there is reason for opposition or not, division & infighting are enshrined & encouraged by law.
Not only that you get to feel as if you are making a difference by voting. Marginal change at best. None of them are allowed to step out of the box and bring real change leading to tangible prosperity.
Look at the result of regime change ‘for democracy’ that happened in Libya when their eyes were set on real prosperity with plans to empower other non European nations -including those in the Caribbean- tangibly backed by their stockpiles of physical gold & oil.
When the people are conditioned to blaming the parties vip Ndp Democrats & republicans torys liberals conservatives
It’s easy to avoid having blame cast on the royal families & other shadow leadership. Donald Trump mentioned the “deep state” on TV one too many times. His next mantra was “rigged elections” true false. Ironic at least.
The people are crying for bread? Learning from the mistakes of French history their not going to tell us to eat cake or issue other ignorant statements to poor people instead a new phrase has been eloquently formulated.
“Go Vote!”
Moreover, the VI has a West Minister styled government and political parties are part of the structure West Minister system. Typically, voters don’t directly vote for prime minister, premier or chief minister, unlike in a presidential system that vote directly for top leader. Other elected members determine who becomes prime minister, premier or chief minister. They depend on the loyalty of other members, not voters, to hold their jobs.