Skelton-Cline threatens to sue anyone making corruption allegations against him
He was speaking on April 12, 2016 at a press conference that he called to “set the record straight” surrounding his contract non-renewal by the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of which he once strongly supported.
“Nothing went wrong with the project. There was no mismanagement or mishandling of the project. There was a procurement and procedural process in place. With every action that we took there is a resolution attached to that action that gave us the authority to act,” he said. “Nothing went wrong with the project after it was given to us.”
He said all of the clouds and the murkiness after he and his team worked so hard are not based on anything factual and this he found disheartening.
I didn't divert project workers to work on home
During questioning, Skelton-Cline denied diverting contractors and workers from the ports project to his private home.
It is not clear how these reports came about but has since been widely circulated.
“It has no basis in fact. That is part of that is wrong with our territory...is to make something good, bad,” he said.
“The way that you build a house in the BVI or anywhere else that we have been is that you first make sure you have some jobs and have income that you can afford [to build], then the [bank] takes you through a debt to income ratio and based on this they qualify you for what is affordable based on your income and if you qualify they will give you a mortgage with which you construction your house. So when it comes to myself and my family I will not give in to anyone that will make such an accusation. They will have to justify that in a court of law,” he said.
Skelton-Cline said everything he has done at the Ports Authority was above board and in order. “Nothing has gone wrong and nothing will go wrong as relates to me and how I conduct myself and my business,” he said.
Hugh Darley? Who Darley?
When asked how he would respond to the allegations of corruption and no value for money by former project developer Hugh E. Darley, Skelton-Cline said he would not dignify those accusations with a response.
Skelton-Cline described Darley as a person who did not work on the project during the time when he was at the helm of it and therefore felt Darley was in no position to make such accusations. “So I have no response to that...I can't give that any credibility.”
He shot down allegations of breaches of the procurement process in the project saying that at the time that the Auditor General's Office and the Public Accounts Committee did their assessment of the project, the procurement regime was a different one.
“The procurement process to which you are referring has nothing to do with the procurement process that brought about this development. You are talking about the old procurement process that they address. That was a whole different procurement process that never came to fruition,” he said.
“What you see out there now has nothing to do with the process that you are referring to,” he continued.
Skelton-Cline currently has the Government in court over his contract non-renewal, citing their abuse of power and “overreach” and hitting out at them for not allowing him to continue as Managing Director of the BVIPA even though he 'soldiered' for them during the 2011 and 2015 general elections.
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19 Responses to “Skelton-Cline threatens to sue anyone making corruption allegations against him”
As suggested, next gig-
Labour Department Consultant
Contract: Salary= $125,000 +
Reasonable Expectation= $125,000 +
Soft Cost and Other Needed Perks
as per authority to act based on resolution attachments= $250,000
Grand Total = $500,000 ($1/2M)
Clause: This is contingent on you stop whining in Public
“How does that sound to you, Buddy, Agreed.”
“Well, That’s Reasonably Expected.”
Done Deal!!!
There is so much more work to be done than continuing to beat a dead horse. Lets' move on.
So why try to "terrorize us" people with talk of suing.
No one is impressed or afraid.
So why sue them.
Why not ? Sue them.
The whole world "love Jesus"
He should have sued the "few" who hated him.
Mr. Clyne needs to be concerned about his legacy.
The History he has create.
The truth.
Pardner, Our legacy forgives us when we acknowledge our liabilities.