Governor to publish first COI review before month end
Governor Daniel Pruce is expected to deliver his first Quarterly Review of the implementation of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommendations later this month.
Governor Pruce was sworn into office at the end of January but has yet to deliver any quarterly reviews on COI reform implementation, as his predecessor, former Governor John Rankin, did.
The Governor told the media that the review would be made publicly available once it was compiled and published at the end of May.
In a scathing critique, former Governor Rankin lambasted the government for its lack of proactive measures in implementing good governance legislation, a situation that had persisted for over two years.
“In my Fourth Quarterly Review, I also called on the government to take proactive steps to bring legislation into force which could be used to better hold officials to account,” Rankin stated. “Namely, a strengthened Integrity in Public Life Act, Whistleblower Act and an amended Register of Interests Act.”
He said it was disappointing to report that this had not yet happened. “Progress has been slow, and the government’s apparent inability or unwillingness to move swiftly to bring the necessary legislation into force is significantly impacting the reform process.”
Before leaving office, Rankin also threatened to seek additional powers from the United Kingdom, which he said was necessary because there had not been sufficient drive and determination across the various ministries and departments to deliver on the agreed-upon COI deadlines.
Several lawmakers, including Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley, resisted the Governor’s statement, insisting that the Governor already had all the powers needed to influence the implementation process.
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Inevitable now!
The UK should stop fooling around with this government they should be able to see that they have no intentions of completing the COI, they need to take us over and get the BVI on the right track.
Many including myself preferred for this not to happen but to get us on track it is a must, or the Premier and his government should step down.
Based on the Premier’s guarantee, if they are not completed by the end of May, surely time has run out and the inevitable must follow.
Yes to SELF DETERMINATION for the Black Peopl of the Virgin Islands.
UK has their land and nation.
Likewise, Black African descendants and off spring of the enslaved by the UK should and must have their own land also. Only a heartless beast would think otherwise.
Why do you think you are entitled to full and equal human rights, but i am not?
If we keep on down that road of unequalness, injustice and inhumanity, we will end up in a very bad place, and we will die fighting inhumanity.
Therefore, no to UK and yes to full emancipation of the Black Virgin Islander!
hoping for good news. Shut down for a few years fix it up nice to keep them greedy ms from the piggy bank
in the 21st century, there are still humans of the pale persuation who believes that Black Virgin Islanders are less human and less than they are, and thus, do not have the human right to freedom and the pursuit of justice and his own homeland.
Just look at the comments and thumbs down to those advocationg for self rule, self empowerment and freedon from colonial UK.
A clear indication that racism and neocolonialism still rules many a heart. Sad indeed.
Bro,
my black government finding it hard to implement a registered sex offender list to protect the next generation of black Kings and Queens.
I don’t trust them!
Would you like you child getting picked up daily by a sex offender who is a either gay or into minors?
imagine your son coming home saying he bottom hurting. All them time you didn’t know the busman or the landscaper or the teacher at the school! was a sex offender madness!
my black government find that hard to implement?
when my black government have my back then I will support them but not now. They don’t care about us
not saying that the UK do but at least they trying to get some order in place! This is the wild wild west!
@Imagine. Is it racist to demand good governance from the local politicians and civil servants/public officers?
Imagine your own black government voted in by you don’t improve their own black country that is entirely run by them.
They haven’t improved the roads (gives friends and family contracts to do nonsense)
they haven’t improved healthcare (only politician have private health care)
they haven’t improved infrastructure
They haven’t improved their own government building (rents to friends and family members)
they haven’t improve price price gouging
My own black government gave out grants to friends and family member who never saw a fishing pole in them life much less a plant pot. some even got a grant to fix them car brakes during 24hr lockdown!
my own black government passed a greedy bill that only helps them while every one else kick rocks with high cost of living.
my own black government tried to sell out the country to run drugs through our port!!
My own black government is finding it hard to raise $6 minimum wage in 2024 for their own black workers but they passed their greedy bill in swift timing!
my own black government dont care that sea cows bay water gets cut off at night (for yearrsss now)
my own black government dont care that there is sewage water running on the road where black people traverse
my own black government build a housing home for with our ssb money and no one can afford to live in it except them friends and family
My own black government hired a barge with black people tax money when the UK offered a free advance capable boat during covid lockdown…
Need I say more? It’s a very long list!
well as black people with our annual budget that is managed by my black government. Has increased yearly and we have nothing much to show for it…
we should be looking better than the majority of Caribbean countries!
but here we are with pot holes and sewage water in the dang road
while my black government politician live on luxurious hills and look down at us while my car is flood out in road town.
lol boi we in trouble with yall
Your racist tainted remarks are noted, with respect also
Indeed, we have a lot to fix, but peopleare contented and satisfied at gloating at our imperfections. I find your triple comment attack of the vien.
Truth is, what solutions are you proposing?
What solution are the thumbs down proposing?
Is it enough to show your disdain for emancipation and evolution of the Black man?
Why do you think that the Black man does not or is not entitled to his own freedom, lands and human rights, but the rest of the world’s inhabitants do?