Media shouldn’t focus on no-confidence losses — Fraser
Third District Representative Julian Fraser has urged the media not to focus on the lack of visible success that may be achieved through his promised no-confidence motions in the House of Assembly (HOA).
Fraser assured the public weeks ago that the newly elected government will face multiple no-confidence motions in the House, even before the government had any opportunity to announce its agenda. Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley later denounced the Opposition for what he suggested was a demonstration of their bad intentions.
Fraser, in the meantime, suggested that, despite the fact that those promised motions are likely to fail given the Opposition’s minority in the HOA, it was what the motions are likely to unearth that matters most.
“Our media has to see the procedures of democracy for what they really are,” Fraser said. “I move a motion of no confidence, and of course, I can’t win. But the point is not to win always.”
He added: “Sometimes you go in there knowing you’re going to win because somebody in the government side is going to vote for it. But it’s what you bring out with this motion of no-confidence, that’s what’s important.”
Fraser explained that it is important for the Opposition to point out instances to the public where the government is faltering and where it is not doing what it is supposed to be doing.
“That’s what the media is supposed to concentrate on, not that I got a shellacking because I lost… That’s not the point,” he stated.
According to Fraser, the media is supposed to always be critical of an administration.
“If I find the media supporting an administration, I’m saying that the media is in bed with the government and that’s never a good to say about the media,” he added.
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Politicians shouldn’t tell the media what to focus on or not focus on.
This man called Fraser is desperate and is trying to cover up his failure for not allowing PVIM and NDP to be the sitting government following the recent elections. Those in glass houses should not throw stones. He should be the one that votes of no confidence should be called on.
Greedy. Loser. Failure.
Stop blame fraser for pvim and ndp shortfalls…Why didn’t they merge in the beginning to field more candidates?
Fraser doesnt want his childish irrelevant antics published.
Theres a surprise.
Clearly he only cares about power and destruction over people and progress.
Leaving aside no confidence votes, it would be a change if somebody, anybody, voted AGAINST a motion brought to the house. That would at least show some spine and an intention to hold the government to account.
The BVI peopleare loser,ignorant and dumb.
People telling them for years that they went in tosteal the money and fill their pockets. They lomey more than sea water loves salt, every last one of them!
And these lind bats could not see their spending practices etcc. and deduce what was really happening.
Thier party head, whom they elected, got into some mess due to love of money, and nowhe gone jail.
Yet, through all the signs, our fools. still relected them..
Through all the corruption, our clowns reelected them.
Through allthe syffering of their own people their own Jack ADSES voted them back in.
The said they will be going in to ROB and steal, yet. those IDIOTS VOTED THEM ABCK IN.
WHAT A DUMB LOT THEY ARE!!
VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE SHOULD BE IN HIM. HE HAS FAILED HIS COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN
He must be doing something good after all…..A champion of a man
Trumpism
Oh please, “7 times elected”!
Have you driven by the third district lately? And what portions of it do you SEE, has advanced, since he’s been in power?
Check the roads, sidewalks, grass cutting initiatives, trash removal initiatives-ALL, of a colossal failure!
What baffles me, is that the people there continues to elect an abysmal failure-continually, to that position!
Sadly, in this case, change may come only by the sounds and voices of the undertaker..
What a shame!