Hon Andrew A. Fahie remains D1 Rep
Hon Fahie, while Premier of the VI and on an overseas engagement on behalf of the Territory, was arrested, along with Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on April 28, 2022.
The former Premier, who has won in the First District for six consecutive elections, remains incarcerated at a detention facility in Miami, awaiting bail and trial.
Asked about Hon Fahie’s status as Representative for the First District at a press conference on May 13, 2022, the Premier and Minister of Finance in the newly sworn in National Unity Government, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), confirmed that Hon Fahie still holds his elected post.
‘That's something for the Governor’- Premier Wheatley
Premier Wheatley explained that it is for the sitting Governor to strip Hon Fahie of his elected representative status.
"That's something for the Governor. If you look in the constitution you will see how a member of the House of Assembly (HoA) can be removed. It’s very clear there, a member can resign, if a member misses three sittings he can be removed and there are some other conditions, of course if they are declared insane or something like that but we have to look clearly in the constitution to see the conditions upon which you can be removed."
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in a statement on May 2, 2022, said “Like all persons charged with a criminal offense, Andrew Fahie is entitled to the presumption of innocence, procedural fairness, and a free and affair trial within a reasonable time.”
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58 Responses to “Hon Andrew A. Fahie remains D1 Rep”
Next thing we know the smokey incinerator move closer down on us.
That man does not care about us, he was hoping to hold /get the premiership.Wheatley is fooling us saying how he accept the change for the love of this country. That's a blatant lie. More to come.
rightfully speaking anyone is innocent until proven guilty(understand your stance on the matter
If possible the Government should apply for the rights to this fiasco and commission the movie & books or sell the rights.
Nature's Big Secret: The trilogy, based on a true story.
1. BVI Love a Tale of Two faces, 2. Clowns in Paradise, 3. The Brown Bomber
Horror or comedy, director's choice.
That is highly unlikely though as I think the DEA have got who they want... I can't see them giving him a get out of jail free deal unless he can give them someone more high profile than him.
Let us don't be fooled by what transpired in recent days. There has been a plan to destabilize the Territory for many years and it was a well orchestrated plan and our former Premier fell into the trap. I am of the opinion that his security apparatus failed him because these so call operatives should not have gotten even close to the former Premier. They should have intercepted anyone who tried to get close to him. That would not have happened to any Cuban leader. The former Premier could have been killed because of the negligence of his security. In the future there should be measures in place to avoid future incidence of that nature.
What u smoking mi boy? A no so free work under US law, you bail he? So he no guilty after taking some 20k cash in tola from undercover DEA in tola. U must be stupidity