Bitter sweet moment: young people worked against us – Harrigan
While the VIP did not directly accept any specific reasons for their downfall at the November 7, 2011 General Elections where they were defeated by the National Democratic Party 9-4, one member clearly revealed that the young people worked against them.
At a press conference held on Thursday November 10, 2011 at Brisani, Prospect Reef, former 5th District Representative Elvis Harrigan described it as “bitter sweet” as he was happy to see the young people coming out to vote but unfortunately, it wasn’t for the Virgin Islands Party.
“I always thought that the young should have gotten more involved in the elections, I was happy to see that they did, I really feel good that they did because with them being a part of the process it means that the BVI has a bright future, the bitter part of it is unfortunately they work against us,” Harrigan said.He expressed congratulations to the young voters and said he felt good “because I feel now that this country has the future leaders involved in the process”.
The NDP campaigned heavily on the youths, with now At Large Representative and Minister for Education and Culture Myron Walwyn had a more concentrated focus in that area throughout his campaign.
Surprise at defeat
Meanwhile, the one-term elected representative who is now replaced by Hon. Delores Christopher revealed that when he lost the election it was a surprise to him but he didn’t take long to get over it.“… I call the radio stations, probably an hour later and expressed my congratulations to Hon. Delores Christopher. Because I believe that the territory is bigger than us and I always say on the campaign it was not a joke, it was not a game and the people spoke so it was time to quickly move on and ensure we develop this territory.”
Harrigan said being inside of Government and knowing the difficulties, he foresees the difficulties that will be coming the current government’s way and it requires everyone on board for the future of the Territory. “We need everybody on board, opposition, Government, the rest of the Territory to ensure that we develop our little beautiful nation to make sure that we are successful moving forward and we survive the difficulty especially with the economic difficulty that we have around the world.”
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