All of the BVI’s failings were under the Governor — Malone
Former Health Minister Carvin Malone has suggested that all of the major failings in government that led to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) were under the supervision of the Governor’s Office.
During an appearance on the Talking Points show on Monday, Malone said he was concerned the BVI failed to meet several benchmarks after signing the Protocols for Effective Fiscal Management back in 2012. And according to him, he took those concerns to former Governor John Duncan.
Malone said he recalled telling Duncan that the United Kingdom (UK), by not intervening back then, appeared to be setting the scene to emerge as a saviour at a later time.
“I remember telling him, if it is that you guys are going to be letting a number of these events roll on, it would seem to me, as if you’ll do it to your advantage, and at the midnight hour you’ll come in and you play like, ‘I’m here to save the citizens from this, and so forth’,” Malone said.
The legislator further said he felt as if there was a need for a review for a number of those particular issues in order to keep the BVI in track. “If you sign this particular document, and you do not intend to abide by it, then to me, it will have consequences,“ Malone stated.
When asked whether this was not a clear indication that the BVI was unable to self-regulate, Malone sought to shift the blame for the BVI’s failings to the Governor.
“Well, you see what happened is that all of the arms that failed came under one head — the Governor and the Deputy Governor’s head,” Malone argued.
He then proceeded to list a number of portfolios that were brought under the microscope during the COI. “The courts, under the governor; the police, under the governor; external affairs, under the governor; civil service, under the governor – all of these arms are under the one particular head,” the former Health Minister argued.
Malone said the Register of Interests — for which many legislators failed to comply — was also under the stewardship of the governor.
“So they (UK) failed in terms of monitoring it properly to make sure that it happened,” Malone argued.
Malone, while insisting that he was not there to defend any wrong doing, said he took offence to the assertion of any COI Commissioner that the BVI did not have leaders in the past, present or future that could right its wrongs.
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Always talking p¡$$. When the fox couldn’t get the grapes, he said they were sour LOL
Carvin, you are delusional. Not fit for office. Please leave and don’t return. We need to move the BVI ahead. Denying our mistakes is not part of process.
Please leave.
so if this is true and he thinks its true why did he not answer all the questions asked of him at the COI instead of getting us a bill of $7mil?
The more he talks, the deeper he digs his political grave.
He was removed from being a Minister for a reason.
We need to join with the USVI. Malone has proven that the Governor, Deputy Governor and the legislators are too useless and sneaky to be our leaders anymorem
So this is what happens when the ventriloquist dies – in his (Carvin) case when the ventriloquist is under house arrest in the USA… the dummy just keeps talking.
This Guy has me confused. So was Hon. Malone in office when Duncan was Governor? So you decided to run for Politics to do well by the people of the territory, but it is the Governor’s fault that you wilfully failed in declaring your Register of Interest? You are not being truthful at all. When anyone decides to run for politics they MUST before hand do the relevant research on what is Politics and what is expected of Politicians and it seems like most modern day Politicians haven’t a clue as to what is expected of them. A oood example is listening to the HOA. A real laughing Circus. They don’t know what to say and when they do speak it is something stupid. The level of incompetence in our HOA is shameful to say the least. The HOA is filled with Mold. Due for a thorough cleaning.
He has good arguments we need him to be a mosses in this day.
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ALWAYS… someone elses fault.
is clinging on to any and everything in sight , its like he refuses believe his disguise has been exposed ( nthe esteemed would of made a better minister it if he had the integrity which none of you have ) get a WIG
Covid Malone should tell us the truth about the vaccines first before anything else
I Don\n`t understand. He went to the G`nor in 2012
and got elected in 2019. And nothing that was discussed after he met with the GOV`nr came up after the 2019 Election.WOW. Now, this is his way of saying that he has us at heart.WOW.
Yeah. U right bout dah
Carvin you started the popcorn ?movie soapbox when NDP were elected now you steadily producing and starring in one crappy movie after the next.
Don’t be CSC…know when to shut up.
This man has no shame whatsoever. He and his family single Handly milked this country with unfinished sewage projects.
Do they think we forgot their years of injustices.
When the country voted him in, it speaks volumes to the how reckless our people are when they vote party line.
Let me see if I got this right! We want self governance, more autonomy, the right to make decisions without anyone looking over our shoulders, we were given that and corruption was rife, now the governor is to blame! Do you see a pattern here! We are blaming the Governor for our own corruption!
So if as you say elected officials have literally no responsibility for anything in the territory, why not get rid of them?