Fahie challenged to reinstate board 3 years after forcing disbandment
Some three years after its disbandment by Premier Andrew Fahie, the Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF) board is yet to be reconstituted despite several assurances over the years.
When his government first entered office in February 2019, the Premier reportedly asked for the resignation of board members while thanking them for their service.
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) subsequently learnt that this was in keeping with the Fahie-led administration’s policy that effectively required statutory board members be changed with each ruling administration.
At a recent press conference, Premier Fahie related that the board has not yet been reestablished and explained that his government was having challenges advertising for new members due to restrictions in existing legislation.
“We are trying to re-establish the board, even if it’s temporary,” the Premier said in response to a question about climate change fund management.
He added: “One of the things that we have done is to make sure to move forward until we will be able to advertise because we are trying to move towards advertising for boards as we have promised long before anyone even brought it up.”
“But one of the challenges we are seeing with that which we have to overcome is that a lot of the laws pose some challenges with the advertising and how you advertise certain membership,” he noted.
According to the Premier, the government cannot advertise all members of the boards since a section of the legislation provides that the Leader of the Opposition would be required to put forward their nominee.
“So you can’t dictate for the Leader of the Opposition to advertise,” Premier Fahie said “and then there are some specifics in terms of some of the boards that we recognise that we have to change some of the legislation to be able to accommodate the full advertising of the boards as we would like.”
The Premier said his administration has been tweaking its policy as it goes along because it is not approved law or policy yet.
He also assured that some board vacancies will be filled temporarily before the new legislation can be implemented.
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There is no legal requirement to advertise board positions, your policy was smoke and mirrors to fool us after selecting the most incompetent people on boards ever. How is it working out for you sir.
No advertising is necessary surely. Ms P will be appointed Chair , then Beavis and Butthead as Depuries and all will be well. Welcome to BVI, feel the Love.
drivel, waffle, nonsense, crap….this guy really thinks you are all fools!
This is just a COMPLETE TRAVESTY!!!! No sense of reasoning, just bully tactics and whenever anyone challenges them they want to play the victim. Complete and utterly disgraceful aptly describes this governing bunch.
“So you can’t dictate for the Leader of the Opposition to advertise,” Premier Fahie said “and then there are some specifics in terms of some of the boards that we recognise that we have to change some of the legislation to be able to accommodate the full advertising of the boards as we would like.”
So you disbanded the f**king board before even trying to understand the legal ramifications of doing such. No legal advice, no consultation with the AG, just the typical bully nonsense and here we are 3 years later. Copy and paste this behavior across all Ministries and you see why the Territory is in the state it’s in.
I knew he would’ve tried to lie his way out of it
If you all only knew the insider conversation,plots, frame of mind the board adopted. Andrew you did the right thing. ✅ Andrew put an end to one of the Pan piper clan.
And are you saying that the current boards are different to the former ones? I beg to differ. You are describing the current boards to a Tee – so don’t be fooled unless they are doing so at your pleasing.
This guy needs his head examined. Nuff said.
What the Prem has done this board to get hands on a little spare cash is an unbelievable disgrace. The was good and set to go from good to great.
Can anyone Tell when someone is lying.?
he says this. This self-exculpatory litany is dripping with contempt for us. He is mentally unable to tell the truth..
Andrew behaviors is the most descriptive of the traits of the most despicable leader ever in the BVI
I wonder if he listeners to himself ? Or he is so far gone that he no longer know truth from kid
So what happened to the previous board members? Seems like they had things in place