Matter for Speaker if former Premier is excused from HOA
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has said it is entirely up to the Speaker of the House whether to accept Premier Andrew Fahie’s notice of absence from parliamentary sittings.
Fahie, who is currently facing charges of drug smuggling and money laundering before a United States Court, has been incarcerated and later restricted to home confinement since being arrested on April 28.
“The Standing Order states that he must receive written permission from the Speaker so it is certainly a matter for the Speaker as it pertains to whether he can be excused from the sittings from the House of Assembly,” Dr Wheatley said while responding to the media recently.
Dr Wheatley previously stated that the former Premier should focus on his trial and should not be concerned with the House of Assembly at this point given his circumstances.
House Speaker, Corine George-Massicote announced during a sitting of the HOA last week that Fahie sent notice of his intended absence from the current sitting of the House of Assembly.
Since his arrest at the Miami-Opa Locka Airport in late April, the First District Representative has missed one sitting of the House.
Under the rules that govern the HOA, Fahie stands in danger of having to vacate his seat as First District Representative if he is absent in any one session of the House for more than three consecutive sittings without the written leave of the Speaker.
Fahie is facing life imprisonment if convicted on the drug trafficking and money laundering charges brought against him by the United States government. His trial is expected to commence on July 18.
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Premier Andrew can deal with his trial and still HOA same time.unlike the hijack premier
Showonde is kicking the can down the road
As is customary with people that are charged with a crime, the former Primier should not have acess to HOA or be paid as district rep as he is not availeble to do the job.
you cannot pay people for not being availeble
Whilst I agree with your sentiment, there is unfortunately very little evidence here in the BVI that you only get paid if you are available to do your job…
If I a civil servant committed that scandle and crime the people and government would have done throw the book at me. Let he cart he a sam, sam.
your comment have always crossed my mind. for the love of God I can not understand, how this man still have the post of 1st district rep. And I am more than certain he is being paid still as well.
but let me a simple civil servant get in trouble in any form. like you said they will not wait a second to throw the book at me
Why is the Premier just dancing around this topic? The BVI just building a reputation of being soft with crime. Especially when a BVIlander is at the helm of said crime.
The fact that he got the balls to write his absence rather than his resignation gives him even more reason to believe if he doesnt get convicted he is once again premier of the BVI.
Andrew got the BVI ppl under the senegal man juju cause look if this was the other way around and another minister got their b*tt in this mess he (ANDERW) would not have think twice to get rid of them completely, and payment would have stop immediately… sad part about this you guys know it true but ayo giving the criminal(who confess) free money. ok!
gas prices basically reach the bvi minimum wage and Andrew getting free money and he under house arrest. does that sound right to you?? like for real?
ya’ll to be a special kind of stupid cause I really don’t understand.
He big and have sense, knew exactly what he was doing but ya’ll love this foolishness of bvilove and people when the country going to sh*t and under all kind of investigation.
MADAM SPEAKER DECLINCE HIS LETTER AND GET RID OF HIM. PERIOD!
IF YOU GOT TO THINK TWICE, YOU PART OF THE BAD BATCH TOO
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has said the criminal charges laid against Kelvin Thomas will not have any implications on the contract signed for the air conditioning project at the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Road Town.
After all of this do you expect a better outcome when Andrew Fahie is involved?
UK Please save the BVI
Forget the news give me her number she good looking
We miss the esteemed
The former premier is not yet convicted of any crime so he is entitled to a salary at a deductible rate or even half of his salary until he is proven guilty in the court of law. Until then he should be paid if not he should be dismissed from his current post because of his long absence or something of that sort.
Like why is meenard still being paid.