Alliance says door remains open to Skelton and Penn
Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn said the door remains open for fellow opposition members Ronnie Skelton and Marlon Penn to join the new political alliance formed with Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull and Stacy Mather.
Speaking during The Alliance Radio Show on April 23, Walwyn made it clear that the team remains willing to welcome others.
“The door remains open for our colleagues to join what we are doing, to make the position stronger,” Walwyn said. “We believe that if we are together, we are stronger indeed. And for that purpose, we extended our hands out.”
According to Walwyn, opposition lawmakers were concerned that not enough was being done to hold the government accountable and to press them.
“At one point, we had three political parties and an independent person,” he said. “We didn’t believe that we were being as effective as we could have been because we were working in silos.”
Walwyn hinted that differing views among opposition members may have prevented them from coming together under the Alliance umbrella. “Of course, we had our views in terms of how this arrangement should come together. There was a different view of it, but we can still keep the doors of negotiation and discussions open… the door remains open for reconciliation and discussion.”
The Alliance, which was publicly launched earlier this year, now includes three of the five opposition members in the House of Assembly.
“There are five of us in the opposition, and I do have hope that we can find a common ground to stand on for the people of the Virgin Islands,” Mather said during the show, sharing the sentiment that the opposition could still unite.
The Alliance has publicly stated its aim is to provide a stronger and more effective opposition force in the House. Turnbull highlighted that the group’s formation came after years of public requests for greater collaboration among opposition voices.
“There has been a lot of conversations… over the last two years for us to get together,” Turnbull explained. “We are aligned to get these things done both in the House and outside of the House.”
He called on residents to give the new group a chance, adding, “Have an open mind.”
Although no formal invitation has been made public, the Alliance members say the group is open to including others, both within the House of Assembly and in the wider community. “I hope that other members in the community who seek to have a voice and also those who seek to have a voice and lead will join us,” Mather stated.
The Alliance plans to continue hosting regular public outreach events, including radio shows and community meetings, to keep residents informed and engaged.
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He who understands and plays the game to win should win.
Will say i again, who among us that are in the game are more prepared and qualified to lead in the most crucial of times than this gemtleman?
Drop some respect on the Alliance because at least they have a definitive leader. After almost 6 weeks we are still unsure who the Leader of reunified NDP is. But worse than not identifying a leader ….They thinks its Ok to keep the public in suspense. They dodnt see an issue with not being able to identify and colease around the very thing that caused them to not be able to form a Government last election. Talk about doing the same thing and expecting the same results.
The merged parties will respectably finalise the process. Better must come; long but worth the wait.
This is placing old wine in new skins and sounds like a bunch of people that haven’t thought about what they will tell people they intend to achieve. This is dangerous…as people’s expectation will not be met again after countless other times … and leads to apathy, anger and revolt
NDP is a party, Alliance is not. What did I miss? The 3 Alliance Members are technically NDP members given recent developments. Can someone please explain?
“Wet your hands and wait for we”
Both were written by ( judge judas )just 2 new names for 2025 this dude really got some tricks in his WIG is ain’t about WALWYN , it’s about the people/ or as The great ( LAVITY STOUTT ) said ITS THE ” VISION ” ) on the street it is said that those WHO is in charge now ( v i p) doesn’t have that * VISION * / so if he got that * VISION * why you hypocrites FIGHTING the man down FOR ❓️ instead we should be UNITING in the best INTEREST of the PEOPLE and the COUNTRY ■■■
Man why not type and post substance while you have a chance to? If have nothing worth sharing, why share.
VG say so, is a born and bred Virgin Islander who happen to be born in VG.
He also believes that he who is called to serve, and is wiling to serve with integrity and good political hygeine must do so.
Vision
Intergity
Progress
Not with this set buddy. Those founders turning where they are. If slap could have extended it would. Not this set.
This country has too many unstable leaders
It is confusing the population.
One minute some backing VIP the next minute they jumping ship
At a next time Some NDP the next minute they form an alliance asking NDP to come over
Then some in the PVIM camp
The next minute they are part of an Alliance
Then Opposition leader demoted and Alliance. Create another crossfire ans sworn in as Opposition leader
There is absolutely no stability , loyalty or integrity coming out from the leaders
Piure selfishness and selfish gains.
Leaders are gaslighting each other
How do you expect to get loyal supporters if I may asked?
That means that he is not part of his original party NDP any longer. So, since he is no longer leader, he formed his own?
I HEARD THAT OTHER JOKER MATHER SAYING TO MISS P THAT “THE FARMERS ARE GROWING EGGS”>>>> I nearly dead with the laugh after hearing his speech on zbvi radio.
Sarcasm missed you when you rode the short bus to school each day I see. Or, was it down the road opposite QE Park back in the day? Fort Charlotte school attendee/past alumni you are.
The same old incestuous relationships bored, bored ,bored!
To the public purse
To the public purse.
Y’all think Andrew fahie getting his back blown out all now?
Sorry that was a strange thing to ask..
Dear Walwyn. Can you please stick with the job and ask Natalio for the accounts for the last 8 years.
Similarly the door is there for you to knock on and go back to the NDP showing that you have the humility of a good leader. But no they must come to you? Nobody sent you to go form no Alliance with a set of disloyal power hungry little boys! Itch knows he can’t get Deputy Premier behind Ronnie, Marlon and you so he rather be disloyal and join you making him 2nd in command. You know you can’t be Premier if Ronnie’s there and then still have to fight Marlon or itch or both for Deputy so you gone start your own thing. And convince Itch to become a Judas…eliminating one of your potential competitors. Think you nice? But we see through all the BA!
Your doors are opened? No sir, you closed a door and opened your own. You and your usual play with words. Carry on
NDP & PVIM merger is just that! Do not get me started in this re-mixed VIP that is utterly lost and failures.
I haven’t had a good laugh like this in days. Laughed from my diaphragm. He and his two stooges left Ronnie and Marlon and now calling them to come and join them. Well, I never hear so much bull bohoy in my life. So the move was for you and your two colleagues to get first and second and third positions? So Ronnie and Marlon can fall into the second and fourth positions? Well we already knew that, but you just confirmed it. Because you said you asked a certain gentleman why he voted for Skelton and he said he did so because he was his friend and that is no reason to vote for someone. Well, sah, but he should come now and join you, who just left the negotiations to amicably join NDP and PVIM? After saying Skelton is dishonest etc? Wow. You can’t make this ish up. Same bull crap, different day. Politics is for the birds, buddy. Here, the United States and all around the world. Let’s call on Jesus, people. Only he can kick the devil out of our politics. He got these men upsided down. I laugh.
Im sticking with Ronnie
Poor you. I sure you ain’t see Ronnie in two years. LOL
If there are any persons needed to be called stooges it’s Einnie Skelton and Marlon Penn. they tried to hold on to their perceived power by delaying, sabotaging, outright lies to Walwyn, Mather & Turnbull even refusing to meet to discuss merging and other matters.
Ronnie has his inner cabal of moth champions that get up every day and go about their smear campaign. Marlon on the other hand is an underhanded sneaky little guy that dislikes to any expat-belonger and wants nothing apart from their votes and hand-me-backs!
Skelton has been over-rated all because 15/20/30 years ago his and other legacy last names served them well while they muddled along amassing personal wealth off the BVI tax payers. Marlon and Ronnie contributed to the demise of NDP in much more ways than people know. Ronnie is over the hill and as he makes it seem he will saddle up for another rodeo – he should reconsider as he cannot take another blow of losing. Marlon, your district better find someone not corrupted like you morally.
This man better grow some hair. His brain getting too much air or something. He gots to be crazy. If I was Ronnie and Marlon I wouldn’t follow you to get ice cream or pizza.
What the Alliance may have done is relegated themselves to the Opposition again by further fracturing the two parties. We can only hope that strong and serious persons come forward and we have a fair elections process. We need to pray real hard in this country to throw down strongholds because these are serious times.
I would support Myron any day ahead of Skelton’s and Marlon. I could tell doers when I see them. Myron is a doer and this country needs that right now.
As with the member for the 3rd so it is for the member for the 6th so why would the 6th try this again when the urgency is to not have another terms with his current set? It does not make sense. He might get back in but those other 2, certainly the one, might have a roller coaster ride succeeding.
Ok my fair takes on this political matter is that if I were the alliance and Myron I do show leadership by going across to merge with Ronnie and Marlon since the alliance is not a registered party I assume, because this will play on the narrative that prevented the opposition from forming the government in 2023, now as the alliance move across who will subsume who? Myron will move across there as the legitimate opposition leader that will trigger a real leadership convention for once and for all, then either weak Marlon get licks or Skelton, this legitimacy of a leader after such convention may bring back those who crossed the floor to give power to sowandie, but Fraser will still be the main power negotiator because of indigenous entitlement card been played right now by the religious cline club family, but I think Myron may just show he is humble and kill that perception that he is in it for power and show he is for country, in any case the chips will fall In Myron favor because he will still have more support in the merger than what Marlon or Ronnie have, and the people live the action of the alliance team, and it can function within the merger as a studious group to detail of the HOA still rather than be sleeping like Ronnie or lazy as Marlon.
If I was Myron I would not join anything with Ronnie Skelton because he has shown that he has no respect for democracy. NDP had an internal election before and he lost and went to start PVIM. He lost the leader of the opposition and dissolve PVIM without advising his colleagues and party members and went back to NDP.
He has demonstrated that he only respects the outcome of things when he wins or when he is in charge. What makes you think he would act any differently now if he lose any other party election?
Ronnie is xenophobic period! His problem is that Myron should excel above him because he has expat parents. How do you work with someone with this type of mindset? Why would anyone want someone with that mindset to be a leader for the BVI which is made up of many types of persons?
what break it cannot fix it. the hands have already been shown and trust broken
Myron has much better leadership potential than Marlon and Ronnie. That is obvious to anyone who could see that so they create this indigenous story as their strategy to stop Myron. If you have to resort to that then that tells me that you know you are not at the level for leadership this country needs. It should be about ability. Myron was born here so what is your point?
I don’t know who following Marlon to be Premier. Premier of what? His friends need to tell him the truth and stop talking behind his back.
I agree with the Alliance to move on and do their thing. NDP and PVIM leaders have done nothing for 7 years. Both of their parties are in shambles. Marlon is lazy and ineffective. Ronnie is old and acting entitled to be Premier even though he does nothing.
If the Alliance didn’t form neither of them would have been doing anything. They came together to stop the alliance and to protect their positions. They have no initiative.
The alliance started their talk show. Wait you will see NDP radio start up now. They have no initiative. Everything is reactionary.
Judging from the House of Assembly Myron is much better prepared to be Premier than Ronnie and Marlon.
We use to say Ralph was sleeping in the house and he sure was. A sleeping giant. We sticking with Ronnie and that is what we need to help stop the bleed. Skelton nor Ronnie do not differentiate about who born here or not. What we know is so it was with the 3rd as was with the 6th so it still remains. we do not want another vip term no matter how much work they do in these next 2 years. That is it and that is all. As we wait for others to read between the lines, riddle this, No new party will survive. VIP photo copies must go. This has nothing to do with who born or who not born here because the member of the 6th led NDP led before. We are not splitting up NDP to risk getting another vip term. It makes no sense.
Marlon and Ronnie had 7 years to bring the two parties together and they failed. FACT
In 2023 before election they both wanted to be premier for 2 years each and could come together. FACT
they both did nothing to try to come together until the Alliance was formed. FACT
Ronnie joined by NDP because he lost the support of Mitch and Mather and lost his position as opposition leader. He formed PVIM because he lost the internal elections to Myron. FACT
Ronnie messed up the vote of no confidence by following the wrong procedure after being in the House of Assembly for nearly 25 years. FACT
Both Ronnie and Marlon are not what the BVI needs now. FACT
Every bullet point was on target. People are blind if they dont see it and get distracted by talk of born here
When I saw that even Ms. P left Ronnie then I was convinced that something was really wrong.
The member for the 6th is playing cards but it will not work. Breaking up the party base was a No. dismantling the base was always a No. this has nothing to do with who is not from here because both ndp and pvim mixed with persons whose linage are not of BVI so that is not an issue. The family trees of indigenous bvislanders would reveal lineage out of Santo Domingo, Anguilla, st. Vincent and so forth so that is not a consideration at all. The 6th led before and the results are likely to occur again. So it remains for the 3rd, so it remains for the 6th. The skin on a leopard’s skin never changes.
We use to say Ralph was sleeping in the house but he proved us wrong. One thing we know is that Ronnie is proven not to be someone to sleep on “Proven”. He is also respected locally and Internationally. A trusted leader which he know and as was proven by the CoI deliberations.
Ronnie is no Ralph. Ronnie used to cuss Ralph saying he old and he must go home. Now he old and wouldn’t go home even though he does nothing. What locally and internationally is Ronnie respected? The man can’t even put a sentence together. I wouldn’t send him no further than Jost Van Dyke to represent me.
The Alliance members did the right thing. How long must they sit down and wait for Marlon and Ronnie to show leadership and make some moves. If the Alliance did not form they would have done nothing. Is this the type of lackluster leadership they intend to provide if elected? We have this already coming from Natalio and his gang so it’s best we leave them there then. I am with the alliance and whoever feelings hurt let it stay hurt.
Hatred for Myron and his expat heritage is what brought Marlon and Ronnie together. If you take note you would see Natalio is joining up with them in the House of Assembly also with this. If it takes such a negative force to bring both of them together after being unable to do so for 7 years then I cannot trust them with my life for 4 years. Why didn’t they come together before? Why only after the alliance formed and the leader of opposition removed that they run back together in matter of days when they couldn’t do it in 7 years? People got to open their eyes. When people show you who they are you must believe them.
We know them and are not following no Alliance. The member for the 6th is liked by many but not to be Premier because he speaks eloquently; he speaks like the lawyer that he knows and rebuts but it’s lots more that were shown. When a leopard shows you his or her skin that is exactly who the leopard is. Camouflaging to appear changed won’t work.
BVI we need to start to elect people who could do the job. We are consumed with all manner of prejudices that do not improve our quality of life. Persons rife with insecurities for their personal reasons raise things that are designed to separate us like this indigenous story. The former and current premier claim to be indigenous but look at the state of the country. People are suffering. These people who are suffering includes those who call themselves indigenous. If had to choose between Marlon, Myron and Ronnie as a leader I would choose Myron hands down. Unless we start to make better choices we will continue to be in this mess that we are in.
We already have proof that talking don’t do work. All three have accomplishments but Ronnie is a steady hand. Many are prepared to support Ronnie as leader in this time. Remember Oneal we use to say he was sleeping in the house until he started to speak. Many we had in the house were not fancy speakers but they were fancy doers who cared for people and what was being done was helping all our people. We are going back there.
The same person who wrote Frank Talking might have also write Wake Up BVI. Keep turning though . What break it cannot mend it. We need cohesiveness. What broke it cannot mend it back.
Marlon and Ronnie join the alliance team, they will be able to take VIP OUT.
Don’t forget that the Alliance is not a Party, so what will the 2 be joining?
Good enough to join them, but they’re too good to remain and let the Congress do its job. You all stay with the Alliance. What broke it cannot fix it.
I can’t say I honestly believe either Marlon or Ronnie would make a better premier than Myron. If the only variable being considered was competence. All they can come with is my grandfather from here and his own from somewhere else. I think all three of them love the bvi but only one of them have the exact skill set needed for the times ahead. The laid back bare minimum politics not good enough any more.
XENOPHOBIA IS WHAT IS KILLING US THOSE HYPOCRITES WHO’S MINDS ARE IN THE GUTTER AND HAVE THE MENTALITY OF RATS AND WILL SAY IR DO ANYTHING TO FOOL THE PEOPLE INTO BELIEVING THEIR DIRTY MINDED TATICS IN WHAT IS VOMING .OUT OF THEI6 LIEING MOUTHS , SO THAT THEY CAN OUTSMART EVERYBODY AND PUSH THEIR DUPLICITOUS GENDER THAT WILL BENIFIT THEM / THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE NIS NOT EVEN IN THEIR THOUGHTS / AND JULIE – ANN LOVES TO SPEW OUT HIS RACIST NARRATIVES ON HIS YELLO RITE , AND STILL COMES ON THIS SITE AND BLOGG THE SAME SH*T ON IT , AND EVEN CRITICIZES THIS SAME SITE , THIS WIGGED DUDE HAS NO SHAME