'I made the decision to vote NO based on principle'- Hon Turnbull
Hon Turnbull and Opposition Member and Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA were the only two legislators to vote against the Bill while Fifth District Representative Hon Delores Christopher was the lone member absent.
The Bill received a 10-2 vote with one absent.
Standing on principle
In a video posted on his Facebook page today, March 28, 2018 Hon Turnbull said his decision to not support the Bill, which sets the stage for the Virgin Islands to receive loan guarantees from the United Kingdom as it seeks to borrow monies for the recovery efforts following the hurricanes of September 2017, was based on principle.
“Yesterday I took a stand and voted no for the version of the recovery plan that passed through the House of assembly. There is no, and absolutely no doubt in my mind that I made the right decision. I made the decision based on principle, based on the principles which I debated in the House, as it relates to how we got to this point, of the agency being set up, the lack of information, the lack of transparency.”
'We must be transparent & accountable'
According to the first term representative, who has previously expressed a no confidence in the Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) holding the portfolio of Finance, he sits as a part of a government that is supposed to be accountable, transparent and able to give to the people of the Virgin Islands all the information to allow them to make an informed decision.
He added that over the last two and a half days Members went through tremendous amount of discussions and amendments of which he participated in.
“But the principle still remains we got to a point where we were forced in a direction to make a decision, given a timeline where we didn’t have adequate discussions on.”
He noted too that he was not naïve to think that the Virgin Islands didn’t need help.
“I do agree that we need the money to recuperate and rebuild this territory. I do agree that we need help to do so….but I believe the process is more important.”
Hon Turnbull said there is no doubt in his mind that the Territory will recover. “As I said during the debates, we took over 50 years to build this country. I don’t expect we will take 50 years but what I do expect and hold true is that we take our time, do it right with the people for the people of this Territory which we love.”
See link to video:
https://web.facebook.com/melvin.m.turnbull/videos/1610082889056759/
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