Malone won’t say if BVI has corruption
Carvin Malone, the former Health Minister in the now-dismantled Andrew Fahie administration, has declined to say whether he feels the BVI has elements of corruption as was suggested in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report released recently.
Malone, who yesterday announced a switch from the ruling Unity Government over to the parliamentary Opposition, has been in staunch opposition to the inquiry from its inception, calling its recent findings a pre-ordained conclusion.
When questioned on the issue of corruption during a press conference he held to make his defection announcement, Malone said despite allegations made against previous governments about corruption, his views on the matter were immaterial.
“What I think doesn’t matter at this point because whatever areas of corruption that may have been alleged, they have to be taken before the particular court and they have to be proven,” Malone stated.
And despite agreeing that there have been areas where the BVI has “misstepped“, he argued that aspersions shouldn’t be thrown at persons based on such alleged corruption.
“It’s easy to call someone corrupt, a crook, a thief – these are some serious wordings. And whatever missteps that we’ve had in the Virgin Islands, they have to be corrected. Whatever areas of concern that we have in the territory, they must be addressed,” Malone added.
Investigating projects over $100K senseless
In the meantime, the former Health Minister has charged that investigating all projects that were valued at more than $100,000 and executed under the previous Fahie administration makes no sense.
Commissioner Sir Gary Hickinbottom had made that recommendation in the COI report.
“Do I feel that every project over $100,000 needs to be investigated? The answer is no, it makes no sense as far as I’m concerned,” Malone argued.
Where will auditors come from?
The legislator contended that there are areas where the system will be overwhelmed as a result of the investigations.
He suggested instead that there should be a sampling of projects that should be looked at. He argued that this is the way audits are done.
“To come and say that you are going to look at every project over $100,000, it means then that you intend to bring about 40 or 50 persons in to join the staff to do this,” Malone said.
“Where are these people going to come from? Are they already here? Are they on the planes waiting to be flown in? We’ll just have to look in terms of what is intended,” he added.
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Every time a black man makes money the white calls it corruption
Is all about the white stuff..
We’ll isn’t it. Look around the world my friend and you will see why the whites believe so. Because it’s true. Just a corrupt and greedy race of people. You sold your own into slavery. That in itself says it all.
Really!?! Haters never look in a mirror or the right books, do they.
And for your selective info, whites sold whites into slavery for centuries.
Many, many do read often, indepth and seriously you know.
The days of spreading false naratives about one group of people pregnant with hatred and racism is a double disease one should strive to heal.
Prejudice is a great and debilitating roommate of the mind.
One can form biased and false opinions irregardless of facts. Such is the condition of a sick mind.
“You sold your own into slavery. That in itself says it all.”
Yea thats why the king of Belgium was recently apologizing in the Congo.
Stop spreading lies created to shift the blame. White colonialist had guns, black people didnt. Back then the bullets were huge.
I’d imagine it only took watching a few elders get their jaw blown off to make natives find some other people to sell off. The same jaw blowning off thing happened in Australia too.
long before europeans took over the world with guns, they sold other whites for centuries across europe and the Arab world.
Deflection and denial do not change facts.
You pig go back in the caves you came from the would would be a better place without people like you all you bring to this would is destruction.
Well let’s see. Anyone remember Obama? He came into the White House poor and left with hundreds of millions. He and the silver back wrote books. Problem is he got millions and millions for the books but nobody bought the books. Lmao. Black man=crook
The jealousy and racism never ends. Yes Obama was a black man in the white house. GET OVER IT. Now go get a life you scum.
Carvin this is what happens when you play the nasty political games that the VIP is known for. Before 2019, you were touting corruption along with your disgraced leader. You did that because you wanted to win an election. Now you cannot stand by those statements today. The VIP is the cause of where we are today. Polish and simple. If the uK needed to call a COI when the NDP was in government they would have. It is all that happened in the last 3 years with this government that caused all the problems we have.
He also having difficulty understanding what Unity means.
A thief never says he is a thief. He is in a stage of denial
Mr. Malone, You seriously want to look back on history and this is your legacy?
Missteps? You cannot be serious!
Sounds like Mr. man have something to hide. You dont want things investigate? Why boss??? Something you know?
All of a sudden the corruption disappear and it’s nobody fault that so many stupid decisions got made to the point where the Uk had to step in
This was the sweet spot for kickback!!!!!
“Do I feel that every project over $100,000 needs to be investigated? The answer is no, it makes no sense as far as I’m concerned,” Malone argued.
Corruption has to be proven, yet his reasons for joining the opposition do not.
The only man in this group who has integrity
These politicians in the Caribbean are the best. I never hear more nonsense. If corruption is alleged then the specifics of an inquiry which are not legal don’t need to be brought to court. The issues are with government officials who are to be held accountable by the people. You are not hired by selection from an interview process. You are voted in by majority of the people. The same way that boards are to be governed. Majority vote elected president, vice president, treasurer etc. So these corruption issues are indeed to be dealt with outside the legal system.
There’s also a reason that 100,000 was a number recommended. The projects done in the BVI are so known for cost overruns that if a 100,000 project is in play, you can almost guarantee it will be double or more by the time it’s done. In project management it’s called scope creep and if you have scope creep to that magnitude on every project then something fussy is going on. Any project manager in a company with that record would be fired.
Well, sir, you should have just resigned, instead of taking regular folks for fools with that stupid press conference.
You just brightened the spotlight that was allready on you.