‘Protect your future, register to vote now!’- Hon Malone
Voter Registration ongoing
The Office of the Supervisor of Elections has already notified the public that Voter Registration is ongoing, and that eligible persons are asked to register to vote by September 5, 2022, in order to be included on the 2022 Preliminary Voters’ List.
General election in the Virgin Islands is constitutionally due by May 2023.
‘Protect your future’- Hon Malone
According to Hon Malone, the 1st district seat held by the former Premier Hon Andrew A. Fahie will soon be vacated and he asked whether there would be a by-election, general election, or a constitution suspension.
He termed those as “difficult conversations”.
“Protect your future, REGISTER TO VOTE NOW and let your voices be heard,” Hon Malone stated.
While there be Bi-election for D1 seat?
Meanwhile, Hon Fahie is expected to lose his seat as First District Representative since Speaker of the House of Assembly Corrine N. George-Massicote has refused to grant any more leave for Hon Fahie, who remains in the US since his arrest in April.
The last By-election for the First District seat was held in 1995 following the death of H. Lavity Stoutt.
Hon Malone, an At Large Member, has been given the responsibility for the First District in Hon Fahie’s absence; however, it is unclear whether a By-election will be held since the next general election is not so far off.
The threat of a constitution suspension, which many believe has long been the agenda of the British as part of its Global Economy initiative, further adds to the uncertainty.
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23 Responses to “‘Protect your future, register to vote now!’- Hon Malone”
I might suggest Godly leadership but the church is so divided so have to pass on such idea for now
when those that understand where we came from and where we are now, with backs against the wall makes you shiver
##BVI Future.... you don't live here and pay any taxes. Stay your @#$ where you at and vote for uncle Sam, he's were you being paying your taxes. You ain't contribute nothing to the country but you free plane and both ride with your sh**.
Let who lives here deal with them issues.
Voting is a fundamental right. However, voting has not always been a default right for Virgin Islanders, for universal suffrage didn’t occur until 1954, resulting from the Great March of 24 November 1949. It (voting) is the fulcrum on which democracy rotates. The VI is a representative democracy. As such, when voters go to the polls on Election Day, they vote to send 13 members (9 Dist. Reps, 4 At Large) to the HoA to represent their interest and the national interest in the Legislative body. Among the HoA responsibilities include passing new legislation, amending existing legislation, etc, to govern the territory.
Moreover, the eligible voters who don’t vote in essence let the voters that do vote for them. Strong advocacy, agitation, protests, etc, matters little if you don’t vote. However, to vote, you have to register to vote by the deadline (Sep 05, 2022). Further, voting is not the end of the process; you must get civically engaged after the election, holding government feet to fire. Register to vote and roll to the polls on Election Day. Vote, vote, vote!
The order in council suspending the constitution and holding it abeyance with the threat of the UK having right to take over the BVI at any time because it is objectively dissatisfied with something that the government didn’t do or was slow in doing. The fact of the matter is that the Unity Government or any other government serves at the pleasure of the UK/in-appointed governor. What will the campaign be about? CoI implementation. What will governing for the next two years be about? CoI implementation.
The election is constitutionally due soon but voters don’t the know the exact date for the election or who is running and could form the next government to implement the CoI. The BVI has brought its pig to a fine market. The BVI people he itself to blame for the current situation, for they got civically engaged, focusing on materialism, building wealth and living the Bigs. The BVI is harvesting the seeds that it has sown, lying in the rough bed that it has made, etc. The clear the bar to get over the current hurdles is high but it is insurmountable. However, to scale the bar requires unity.