UK Order in Council important to UK/VI 'agreement'– Governor Rankin
The Governor was at the time speaking during an August 10, 2022, press conference alongside Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
“The Order in Council is of course in place. It was important in reaching the agreement that the final 49th recommendation of the Commissioner was not brought into effect. And so the government made a commitment to implement the other 48 out of 49 recommendations and, of course, the objective is that they should succeed,” he said.
He said the objective is for the VI government to work constructively with the Governor's team to implement all of the recommendations in the framework document so that the Order in Council will not be required.
Order should be withdrawn- Premier Wheatley
Premier Wheatley has indicated that he believes that the Order should be withdrawn and that he intends to start a discussion on the subject with the UK.
Meanwhile, the Governor reiterated that the objective is that the recommendations are properly implemented and that good governance and reforms are brought into effect to help improve governance for the people of the VI.
The Governor indicated; however, that he is open to discussions on the subject with the Premier and UK government.
“If it's something that the Premier does wish to raise with me and with UK Ministers, then of course we could have discussions on that issue. But let me repeat, the objective here is to succeed in the implementation programme, not to implement the Order in Council but to have success in what we are trying to achieve,” he said.
Many have said the Order in Council is like holding a gun to the VI's head, arguing that it is not reflective of a true partnership.
14 Responses to “UK Order in Council important to UK/VI 'agreement'– Governor Rankin”
along with her son are held in Miami on drug and money laundry charges, the BVI has no credibility. Additionally, with all the drug busts and murders there is zero trust or hope of the territory straightening itself out.
our forefathers was in a similar situation and together they overcame history says we were labeled a bird sanctuary but our people, yes the former slaves built this place
2022 we are right back in the fingers of those same depressors from the slavery days . Will we ever learn, stop talking so much ignorance about your own people
If today's BVI is genuinely bothered at all about slavery, we wouldn't be people smuggling and putting people in indentured labour.