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HoA Members 'cooperating fully' with CoI- Speaker

- said anyone saying otherwise is not being truthful
All 15 Members of the House of Assembly (HoA) have reportedly been cooperating fully with the one-man Commission of Inquiry (CoI). Photo: HoA/File
Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon Julian Willock said from the onset the entire House of Assembly has 'pledged to cooperate' with the Commission of Inquiry. Photo: Facebook/File
Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon Julian Willock said from the onset the entire House of Assembly has 'pledged to cooperate' with the Commission of Inquiry. Photo: Facebook/File
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the Virgin Islands was called by the controversial ex governor, Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who was accused of trying to bully the Government and Legislature. Photo: VINO/File
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the Virgin Islands was called by the controversial ex governor, Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who was accused of trying to bully the Government and Legislature. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon Julian Willock has said, despite misleading public information, all 15 Members of the House of Assembly (HoA) have been cooperating fully with the one-man Commission of Inquiry (CoI) called by the former Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert.

Reports in the media are inconsistent with facts as it relates to the Members of the HoA’s cooperation, a press release from the Office of the House of Assembly today, June 4, 2021, stated.

'HoA has pledged to cooperate'

Honourable Julian Willock said from the onset the entire HoA has “pledged to cooperate”.

It is documented that the Legislators voted to amend the Register of Interests Act to allow the Commission of Inquiry to have access.

“This was historic as we made the law retroactive,” Honourable Willock said, while underscoring that correspondence received by Honourable Members from the CoI was responded to.

In a demonstration of cooperation, at least three Members of the House of Assembly, including the Premier, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) and the Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), appeared before the Commissioner to answer questions.

“Anyone saying otherwise is not being truthful,” the Speaker said.

'Members will cooperate as far as practical- Hon Willock

Speaker Willock said other Members of the HoA have been recently summoned to appear before the Commissioner, and “I am sure Members will cooperate as far as practical”.

Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie reaffirmed his Administration’s commitment to cooperating with a fair and transparent CoI.

His Government has supplied over eighty-five thousand (85,000) documents to the CoI.

The Executive Branch of Government is being represented before the CoI by Withers LLP from the UK and the Legislative Branch is represented by Silk Legal, a local law firm.

16 Responses to “HoA Members 'cooperating fully' with CoI- Speaker”

  • childish (04/06/2021, 15:32) Like (47) Dislike (21) Reply
    Wicked jasper ......
  • cnn (04/06/2021, 15:44) Like (17) Dislike (21) Reply
    The coi is winning the pr war
  • @ CHILDISH (04/06/2021, 16:09) Like (14) Dislike (22) Reply
    THIS AIN'T NO KIDS STUFF , YOUNG ALL THOUGHT YOU ALL HAD DO A NUMBER ON JASPERT BUT IT BACKFIRED , SO HUSH
  • say what (04/06/2021, 16:13) Like (27) Dislike (12) Reply
    dictatorship and exploitation and mark of the beast
    live and direct in little road town u can not even see BVI on the World Map yet we causes so much excitement: a population of under fourty thousand and the UK spending so much money to find out how we do what we do. united kingdom have far more dope users; dope pushers; far more corrupt politicians; money launderers and that list long long long
    • BuzzBvi (04/06/2021, 21:09) Like (10) Dislike (4) Reply
      Say What??? Is your point because they have them we should be able to have them? Have you no respect for your own Nation. How about being better, more upstanding, more creative, more controlled, more educated, more sophisticated? No. They have drugs, we should have drugs, they have corruption, we should be allowed corruption. People in the have their minds trapped somewhere and seems no one to blame but selves. Think better, be better and we can be the Better Virgin Islands.
    • Human (05/06/2021, 07:47) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      We are not causing much excitement at all. I doubt there are more than a handful of people in Britain who know or care about a a coi in BVi.
      Your comment about more bad people in England is true, of course. But that’s because they have 79 million people! They also have far more good people.
  • Dont believe that. (04/06/2021, 18:41) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    Action speaks louder than words...
    • @ don’t believe that (04/06/2021, 21:24) Like (18) Dislike (10) Reply
      They soft they should chase this racist gus phony coi out of town
  • My girl (04/06/2021, 19:07) Like (26) Dislike (13) Reply
    The coi is racist and white power
  • Citizen (04/06/2021, 19:44) Like (11) Dislike (8) Reply
    Not to worry, we will know when the transcripts are released.

    Only a matter of time.
  • One have to go (04/06/2021, 20:19) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Tums up “ Tola Radio or tums down “ Cut deep”
  • Rubber Duck (05/06/2021, 08:03) Like (1) Dislike (4) Reply
    the people of the bvi has built this country please for the next generation sake DO NOT LET THE WHITE MAN WITH HIS SICK MIND TAKE OVER THE BVI, WE MUST FIGHT, WE MUST MARCH WE MUST TELL OUR STORY
  • My Take (05/06/2021, 08:56) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
    The few that support the UK with this modern method of slavery through the COI are only assisting them to do what they did 400 years ago. The world had enough of the UK high handed colonial conduct.
  • Most Important (05/06/2021, 09:42) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    THE WORLD NEEDS PEACE & UNITY
  • Cartoon (05/06/2021, 09:53) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    With that KNEE on them NECK , the TRUTH will come out.


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