‘Maintain confidence gov’t can control economy’, residents told
Premier Andrew Fahie is urging all Virgin Islanders to maintain confidence in the government, particularly the Ministry of Finance, that it will guide the BVI through what he described as a tumultuous economic time.
Fahie, who is also the Minister of Finance, said the territory has come a long way from where it started two years ago in terms of COVID-19 and how to manage it and adjust both living and working conditions.
He said this has allowed economic activities to resume substantially despite the continued effects on supply chains and the cost of goods and services worldwide and in the BVI.
“Your ministers, junior ministers and all our government members have also been working hard as a team in this effort, doing our respective parts, and working with the technical officers in the various ministries,” Fahie said.
“Working as a team means everyone makes their input on matters, and we discuss and find the best way forward for the country. And when a decision is made, we abide by the convention of collective responsibility,” the Premier added.
Fahie said he points these reasons out to let people know they have all right to have confidence in the stewardship of the government and in the technical officers in the ministries.
“Of course, while we continue to adjust to facilitate further ramping up of economic activity in the Virgin Islands, especially in our tourism industry and the related businesses, we are also dealing with the impacts of the conflict taking place in Ukraine since last February. These impacts are rippling through economies across the world. No economy is being spared. And we in the Virgin Islands are no exception,” the Premier said.
“Your government is fully in touch with what is happening and how this is affecting our people. We continue to monitor the situation abroad, and how this is affecting you. And your government remains resolved to do everything in our power to help to cushion the impacts that these international developments have on our people and on the local economy,” he continued.
The Finance Minister said the team at the Finance Ministry, and other ministries and departments have been working hard, continuously assessing the situation and advising on the adjustments that the government needs to make “to keep us sailing with the wind”.
“I wish to be emphatic that I have full confidence in the capabilities of our team. Their professional guidance is one of the main reasons why your government was able to prevent our economy from sustaining catastrophic damage during the earlier periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, and why our Virgin Islands economy has been, therefore, able to remain on a steady path to a resurgence in the midst of COVID-19,” Fahie said.
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Did he seriously ask for people to maintain confidence in his Government! Is he really that self opinionated and blind to the fact that there is no confidence in him or his government. Was hoping the COI would be published today and we could finally say goodbye to this id**t
Agreed
This is a buf**on who must go now. I am tired of the insanity this ID1*T preaches in the name of a god he clearly doesn’t follow.
Egocentric megalomaniacs like him must go.
What drives growth is sound policy, inspirational leaders and clever, innovative government. This lot simply do not have the intellectual grasp. As they survey the economic wreckage caused by their pride and indolence, with their attendant coterie of useless consultants, bewigged clowns, tame lawyers etc. they are asking us to drink this Kool-Aid narrative.
” maintain confidence in the Government”???
How do you maintain what is not there Sir?
It is totally lacking,please understand. Listen to the streets,to the people .
There is zero confidence in you and the Government body of which you are Premier. Nothing there requiring maintenance and maintain.
Sailing with the wind or going with the TIDE.?
Who is he talking to?
Every person in business knows these cl**ns are totally anti business, anti tourism , anti UK and concerned only with the continued success of the alleged Colombian Parcel Service.
Premier, no, no, no!
Maintain confidence when you are all taking from the people, you must think we are stupid. May the COI come this week and stop the haemorrhage of Public Funds into Ministerial pockets.
Myron I see you are blogging a lot now these days.
What is not there for you in your eyes does not mean that the people are not seeing the hard work of their elected government. Though you have a right to your opinion, no need to make it comes across as if it is many because the poles will again speak for themselves.
You can’t even run a candy shop and we must maintain confidence that you could run the economy of a country. Sorry. We have seen enough. No thanks.
He talking out of he head now
If he actually thinks it’s the government’s job to “control” the economy, he needs to resign. This is not a socialist country.
How can there be confidence in the govt managing any sort of economy when it can’t manage its own projects on budget and on time, with every dollar spent accounted for and gone towards completing the project?
It is not “maintain”. He said “control”. There is a big difference.
Working in charter yachting, I’m VERY confident that the Hon. Premier has dumped a very large portion of overseeing the ;economy off on HM Customs…
And I have every confidence in the world that the Hon. Premier is more worried about feeding the treasury than keeping the economy healthy.
Oh, wait… I’m pretty confident that when I head off to the polling station in my home district (District 1), my ballot will not include any votes for the current government, but my position is based entirely on the government’s lack of performance.
The majority of us have confidence in the Premier & his government.
Government’s role is not to be the largest or only customer for private sector. This arrangement of government doing so can only lead to disaster. What kind of economics degree this man has? We in Trouble Buddy
Please note 5 years of increment for govt workers still pending.
The grant from social security used could of been used to pay your debt with the public service
What better stimulus than paying up what is due to people. THIS FEELS LIKE A BIG FRIGGING JOKE