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Junior Ministers to get new title; To be called ‘Minister of State’- HoA Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - When the Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7)-led delegation travels to London to negotiate a new constitution, it will seek a new title change for Junior Ministers.
‘No!’ to same-sex marriage in VI- HoA Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Any same-sex couples living in or travelling to the Virgin Islands (VI) with any ideas of marrying, better look elsewhere.
HoA wants Governor’s Reserved Power stripped!- Constitutional Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the areas that both the Lisa E. Penn-Lettsome-led Constitutional Review Commission and the House of Assembly (HoA) have agreed on, for the most part in their reports, is that a non-elected United Kingdom Governor should not have so much power in a modern democracy.
HoA to increase from 13 seats to 15 before 2027 elections– House Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Lisa E. Penn-Lettsome Constitutional Review Commission recommended steps to provide for a sixth Minister of Government, noting that the Constitution prescribes a ratio between Ministers and elected Members and that increasing the number of Ministers would therefore require an increase in elected membership.
Report laid by Premier: New upper chamber/Senate coming
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The issue of the Virgin Islands (VI) finally having a Bicameral Legislature is on the table as the wishes of the current House of Assembly (HoA).
HoA's deliberations on CRC Report ‘represents the collective position’- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has described the deliberations report of the Constitutional Review Commission (2022 to 2023) Report as the collective position of all members of the House of Assembly (HoA).
Hon Walwyn & Alliance blasted for more divisive politics over constitutional report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In what many described as an assault on the views of the people and an effort to put fear and division in the process, Leader of the Opposition Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) and his three-member-led Alliance Party are at it again.
Leave the Statutory Bodies out of the Constitution- CRC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The statutory bodies were also in the line of fire from the Constitutional Review Commissioners. According to the report, the public was of the opinion that all board appointments should be staggered.
‘No election of the Attorney General’- Constitutional Report recommends
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many persons in the Virgin Islands have been requesting that the post of Attorney General who sits in both the Cabinet and the House of Assembly (HoA) face the public in an election, just like the other 13 elected members of HoA.
Term Limits for Premier & Deputy & recall provision recommended in CRC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) Report, which is now a public document, is making the rounds on social media and in the news. Many of the recommendations, like those of the one-man Commission of Inquiry, seem to have their "eyes only on the political class."
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