‘NDP will always serve their business interests first’ – Dr Karl Dawson
He was speaking at a political rally in Cane Garden Bay last night May 26, 2015 which featured the VIP’s candidate for the Second District Rajah A. Smith.
Dr Dawson said he had to make a choice after feeling the conviction to step up and make a contribution to the politics of the land, following consultation with family, friends and the Lord.
“The question then was, if I am going to do this then with whom?” he asked. “We have seen parties that have come about because of business and economic interests and because that is the base of the party, that is the base that they will be true to anytime no matter how much they may camouflage and what may be done to bring the masses aboard. At the end of the day the base of the party will be served, the business and economic interests of the people connected to the party,” he said.
Taking this into consideration, Dr Dawson went for the VIP. He said that in looking over the history of the party he saw people who had a particular philosophy that there could be no development of the BVI without the development of the people.
“I firmly believe in that and I could easily align myself to that [idea],” said Dr Dawson.
Young people are sceptical of leaders
He said the scepticism that young people have towards leaders must stop. “They must feel that the persons who are called to represent them are persons on whom they can depend on and in whom they can be assured are working in their best interest every time,” he said.
Some want too much
Dr Dawson said that as welcoming as the people of the Second District are, some people want too much. “There are some that come among us and seem to never get enough,” he said, adding that business owners can attest to persons offering to buy them out.
“Thank God through wisdom we are able to hold on to our property and we are now an example of development in the territory,” he said.
He said it becomes a question of preserving the territory’s heritage when persons are being shut out from places they had access to for generations because of someone owning the land and the rights to the water.
“Our people right here in the BVI are now being chased off of our fishing grounds because some of these investors have been given water rights around the islands by the Government. If they get some today they will want something else tomorrow,” he said.
“We must preserve our national heritage for our children and their children. Big investors may be needed and are welcomed but there is a price that is too high.” He said among the issues in these elections this might be one of the biggest. “This issue has long term implications.”
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