‘Whoever sitting on Withers Report needs to release it to public’- Julio S. Henry
The report, sometimes referred to as the Withers/Cox Report, has not been made public and a recent request for it by Territorial At Large and Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone to the Governor was denied.
Many believe the report will give a different perspective on the CoI, since the public has only been fed with the report by one-man commissioner and UK national Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom, who was hand-picked by former Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who commissioned the CoI before exiting the VI.
Hickinbottom had said the VI was incapable of fixing its own problems and recommended direct rule by the United Kingdom.
Many, including regional leaders and organisations, have blasted the recommendation of direct rule as outdated and reeking of colonialism and racism.
‘That report is important’- Henry
Mr Henry, speaking on his show Speak out BVI on ZBVI 780 AM on October 11, 2022, said the report is an ‘important’ piece of document that should be made public.
They [Withers Law] should have generated a report. We have not seen that report, that report is important, we paid for it and whoever is sitting on it needs to release it to the public, whether the Premier has it, the Governor has it, whoever has it needs to release it to the public, so the public is aware of whatever the report says,” Mr Henry said.
‘I'm going to push until we get it’- Hon Malone
Hon Malone, while asking questions in the July 21, 2022, House of Assembly (HoA) sitting, queried whether a parallel report had been created by Withers Law.
Premier Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) responded that a parallel report was not stated in the Terms of Reference of the legal representation by Withers; however, a response to the CoI report could be prepared by the law firm.
Premier Wheatley subsequently indicated that his government would not be asking Withers Law to create a written response to the CoI Report, citing its potential $1M cost.
Meanwhile, Hon Malone hinted that it could reveal findings that would bring more insight to the people of the territory.
“I'm going to push until we get it… and it should not cost one million dollars. We already paid eight million dollars for all of the different costs,” Hon Malone told ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio host Claude O. Skelton-Cline on August 23, 2022.
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10 Responses to “‘Whoever sitting on Withers Report needs to release it to public’- Julio S. Henry”
We have been doing this to ourselves, many of our people have been coming here for a better life but what have we done to them?
“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.”
“therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.””
“And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Irma & Covid-19.”
“for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed.”
“He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.”
This is only the beginning, our people have no vision and are blinded, until we open our eyes and remember where we came from and where we are going, we will keep on the same path to Destruction
Had the political leaders of the BVI accepted the people of the BVI as local boss, we would not be in the big mess we now are dividedly in, partially Spiritually ,socially, politically, and economically, and physically.
According to the Premier, the Government did not commission Wither's to produce a special report. Such a report would be expensive and time consuming at this stage. The UK would not be bound to accept it and would be within its rights to immediately impose direct rule as recommended by the COI.