I didn’t know about Lorna Smith’s firing before hand — Willock
In response to an article from Guavaberry Media suggesting he was involved in Lorna Smith being stripped of her ministerial role on Wednesday, October 23, former House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock has asserted that he was unaware of Smith’s termination beforehand.
The article speculated that Third District Representative Julian Fraser, who crossed the political floor to replace Smith as Deputy Premier and a government minister, was retiring after this legislative term and had accepted a seat in the Premier’s Cabinet in exchange for endorsing Willock as his successor for the district in the next general election, constitutionally due in 2027.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Willock sought to refute the claims made by the Cindy Rosan-owned media outlet.
“Firstly, like most Virgin Islanders, I had no idea that the Premier, Hon. Natalio D. Wheatley would have made a decision to fire a minister, let alone Hon. Lorna G. Smith, OBE, whom I consider a friend,” said Willock, whose media house published news of Smith’s termination before Premier Wheatley went live with the news minutes after 8 o’clock Wednesday morning.
“For transparency, I am a member of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and a member of the party’s Third District Committee. No one advised me or the VIP Third District Committee about the Premier’s move,” he continued.
Willock characterised Guavaberry’s article as libellous and defamatory, arguing that it was false. He emphasized that he had not engaged in any discussions with the individuals involved and called on the media outlet to refrain from publishing such articles and to report responsibly.
Copyright 2024 BVI News, Media Expressions Limited. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or distributed.
SHUT MOUTH NO KETCH FLY
Given the choice between Cindy and Julian, I would believe Julian every time.
Michael
NOTHING WRONG WITH BETRAYING A TRAITOR
WIGGY-LEAK.COM
We got both of the Julians backs
nobody ain’t ask you anything / you got your racist yello site , you bad mouthing … YET YOU CANNOT STAY OFF IT you just want to be seen as the black version of trump , you need to wear your holy WIG permanently and add a hand bag to your makeup < that too
All this from a man who allegedly uploaded his personal porn collection onto the * website, lied about involving the FBI in the investigation and then never mentioned it again.
The very same man who is under investigation for human trafficking.
https://stthomassource.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/FAhie-and-Willock-October-2018.jpg
Fraser is back in his corner wid VIP and Lorna is back in her corner wid NDP….No love lost
You call that right sizing.
Willock is very much loved by the bvi he will win in d3
You knew about it….your news site had the story before dawn.
He wrote the article himself!
It’s possible , the warthog returned to his comfort zone – VIP -and a hippo wants to waddle in the mud left by the warthog , who was only yapping and missing in action
in the HOA these next few months before it is dissolved for over active egos.
Either Willock or Fraser district three will be in good hands