BVI has outlived the Westminster system — Skelton Cline
Political commentator and clergyman Claude Skelton Cline has argued that the BVI’s current system of government may have taken the territory as far as it can.
“This is why we have to change the system in which we now live – because I do believe we have outlived the Westminster system, [it] has carried us as far as it can take us – if we intend to continue to be a progressive, democratic society,” Skelton Cline said on the Honestly Speaking radio show.
Skelton Cline made that argument in the wake of a recently defeated motion in the House of Assembly (HOA), where Opposition legislator Carvin Malone unsuccessfully sought to amend the terms of reference for the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC).
Malone suggested seven additional items to include in the CRC’s terms of reference, but these were all voted down by fellow legislators in the HOA.
“Why would our public officers, our elected public officers, not be willing to give consideration and empower the commission to give consideration, to engage the country in this kind of a discourse in this 21st century?” Skelton Cline asked.
One of the proposals put forward in Malone’s motion was for the CRC to consider whether the territory’s Premier and Deputy Premier should now be determined only from the pool of Territorial At-Large candidates, instead of how it is done currently, which includes a pool of persons who are also district candidates.
“Certainly, the leadership of this country, going forward, should not simply be left up to a party system where it has that smaller filter,” Skelton Cline said.
The commentator called it a ‘worthy endeavour’ to have the territory’s leader chosen from a larger pool of persons in whatever system is adopted going forward.
“The people need to be able to vote for their own Premier,” he added.
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The term would be outgrown.
And we have now outgrown this man’s opinion.
The real question is can the BVI out live YOU ?
BVI has outlived CSC.
Why why why is the media giving this f○○\ attention??
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ENQUIRING MINDS WOULD LOVE TO KNOW , IF THIS PRETENDER IS A POLITICIAN BECAUSE HE SEEM TO BE DWELLING FSR FROM THE BIBLE ( VERY FAR ) ONE WONDERS HOW CAN PEOPLE SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THIS HUSTLER IN CHURCH ( MAYBE ITS HIS CHARM ?
PLEASE STOP GIVING THIS CHARLATAN A PLATFORM TO TALK $HIT!
Skelton Crime has outlived his welcome. I am sure he already dust off that uS passport, UK is coming
“Why would our public officers, our elected public officers, not be willing to give consideration and empower the commission to give consideration, to engage the country in this kind of a discourse in this 21st century?” Skelton Cline asked.
seems like the issue is us and not the system.
BVI as outgrown dude…and can we have our money back in the Treasury please and thank you?
That I agree with CSC, but for once he has a point:
The BVI currently have a premier that nobody voted for with expectation of becoming premier, because the one that was voted in is now in jail.
The UK currently have a premier that nobody voted for with expectation of becoming premier, because the one that was voted in should be in jail.
I would go so far as to say that not only is the Westminster system not working for BVI, it ain’t even working for Westminster….
This man is an embarrassment. Why is he being given the time of day?
this is the final article from this useless person on this news??? website.
Who TF keeps interviewing this jacka-s?!!
Man of the cloth. Maybe a St Maarten nude beach as* towel. Don’t give this joker a soap box to spew from
Is he auditioning for The Matrix?