‘Pack your bags & go!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
Maduro spoke during his EGM Radio Show on ZROD 103.7FM at 8 PM last night June 5, 2014.
He raised serious concern to a number of signs erected on various parts of the islands of the Territory warning persons to stay off the beach. He also cited persons being asked to leave the beach as they were selling or playing music.
“What is happening? What kind of discrimination are our people going through? Is it racial?” he asked.
“This beach problem is not simple. I am satisfied that it is racial. I dealt with it when I was the Deputy Chairman on the Physical Planning Board,” he said.
“The law says every beach in the Virgin Islands is a public place. Nobody can stop you walking on it,” he said.
“I am saying to you people that as long as Edmund Gregory Maduro lives [he will speak out]. If you don’t like to go into the same water with us, if you don’t like to sit at the same beach with us, get up from here and go home…we don’t want you here,” he said.
“We will never tolerate racial discrimination. Pack your bags and go!” he said, calling the behaviour “ugly.”
“But I will tell you this. Our elected representatives are more ugly than you,” he said. “Because one would think that our elected representatives would protect us against this nasty behaviour, but they are not doing it and I hope when the next elections come they all would do something about it,” said Maduro.
“I am saying to you our elected representatives, if you do not change this thing before the next election comes up, you cannot be qualified to run to be elected for a position. Every elected representative has the right and the power and privilege to stand up in the House of Assembly and call on the Premier or the Government of the day to bring to an end this ugly and nasty behaviour,” he said.
“We are terrorizing our own people and the time may very well come when we would want to know why they behave the way they behave. But people can only take so much,” said Maduro.
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28 Responses to “‘Pack your bags & go!’ – Edmund G. Maduro ”
Give me the details of that Law where you can walk on anybody's property to get to a beach. The Law says you are allowed to use any beach. It doesn't mention anything about how you get to the beach, big difference. Stop trying to fool people with bulls... and ignorant arguments.
LMAO thats the problem with these poppy shows, nothing to show but i must listen to
them.
He was chief immigration officer for 21 years again what do he has to show for it?
answer the big mess we are in with immigration department.
Not a suggestion mustless a solution LMAO
Its not the beach people are getting upset about, its the fact of the access, as private homes are developed on the beach front new accesses need to be made for the general public, Mr. Maduro I am sure you would come out and complain if I started walking through your back yard.
Of course there is always an issue of safety and security but there are avenues to address those. How would you like those who own beach front property to be able to smuggle contraband goods or illegal firearms to our shores via their properties? Are you saying that the only means for law enforcement to police them is through access by the sea? Many of you have no clue what some of these people are doing with their ‘privacy’ that impact your lives so you remain oblivious to any clear and present danger that might exist. Ironically, if most of those people were locals you would argue that they do not have the right to block access but like everything else, we have different standards for different people. Do we know who are bringing in most of the illegal firearms? Do we know how they are making it to our shores? Are we so gullible to believe that they are only coming on the Ferries or perhaps on the speed boats that are seen blazing across the shores? Just ask the USVI how many time they have intercepted or found illegal weapons coming on those expensive yachts or other private boats. Keep burying your heads in the sand like the mighty ostrich leaving your rear exposed and be gleefully happy. We better wake up and realize what we are dealing with. If you think that only the so called ‘roughnecks’ are on the waters plying the drug trade you have something else coming. Where ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wise. Sleep on my people.
for the negative comments that will proceed, I will not be upset with you, for in this world our heavenly father gives us a choice. Who am I to be agree with a person's opinion ! it is actually a waste of the good time that the lord has given me to tell others about his love.. be blessed my family ! be blessed!