Pay attention to US Presidential Candidates’ policies- Julian Willock
Speaking via telephone on the Morning Ride Show with Paul ‘Gadiethz’ Peart on ZROD 103.7 FM on Wednesday September 28, 2016, Mr Willock said he continues to advise his Caribbean colleagues, whether Prime Ministers or senior government officials throughout the region, that “what the Caribbean and the Virgin Islands need to be looking at are the policies of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and how it affects your island and the Caribbean in general.”
According to the former civil servant, for the last 10-15 years, even up to 20, the American policy throughout the Caribbean has simply been about fighting drugs, and recently it has been about deportation. “And we here in the BVI have to look at those who are claiming that money is being hidden in different tax jurisdictions.”
Mr Willock firmly believes that the US policies toward the Caribbean should not just be about fighting drugs and deporting criminals or cracking down on so called tax havens.
“So we have to pay keen attention, the Virgin Islands, the OECS, CARICOM, to policies of both the Republican and Democratic candidates.
“One of the things that the Caribbean needs to speak about is that there is a growing concern now of deportation of criminals back to the region. The region in most cases does not have the capacity, the resources to deal with that. So these are the policy issues that we need to be talking about and while it is fascinating to see the horse race between Clinton and Trump and I know a lot of my friends in the BVI are big supporters of Donald Trump, the policies of both candidates need to be zeroed in and see how they affect the Caribbean.”
Changing the conversation in VI
Meanwhile, Mr Willock said his time did not allow him to get to the radio studio but promised that at another time he would grant a full scale interview about changing the conversation in the Virgin Islands.
“We are going to talk about how we can unite the Virgin Islands, the agenda of prosperity and economic development for everyone, not just who you like or who you want to succeed or just who have connections. We are going to find a way to bring the BVI together.”
Another item on the agenda would be about issues in the judicial system and how the perception of the judicial system must “also be fair and equitable and proportionate.”
Mr Willock reiterated that the conversation would be one only about unity.
“We are seriously going to reject divisive politics, where you put locals against expats, politics where you put black against whites, politics where you trying to build a class system and totally wipe out the middle class, where you will simply have rich and poor. We are going to reject all those policies in our new message,” Mr Willock stated.
21 Responses to “Pay attention to US Presidential Candidates’ policies- Julian Willock”
Now there is a story about him building two towers with inferior Chinese steel while he promises to support the US steel industry. He never has and never will. There are so many scary things about this psychopath. Makes me wonder if you ever listen to the candidates or even the debates. obviously not. This is how dictators get started. They ignore the constitution or laws and rally those poor souls that are gullible and ignorant.
Beautiful comments. In my opinion, it can only be achieved if we respect each other.