One report shouldn’t damn the BVI — Walwyn
Former legislator Myron Walwyn has cautioned residents about how the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report should be received and has suggested that this should not spell the end for the territory.
“You can’t have one report damning a whole country. You can’t have one report as an indictment on a whole people,” Walwyn said recently on the Talking Points radio show.
Walwyn, who is also an attorney by profession, pointed out that courts in the US as well as courts of appeal in the region make provisions for dissenting judgments.
Even though the court may go one direction on a matter, you will have a dissenting view or dissenting position… There was no dissenting view here [in the COI report],” Walwyn argued.
He said there should not have been just a one-man commission appointed for the inquiry and argued that the COI report itself highlighted that the inquiry was not designed as a tool for in-depth investigations.
In light of this, Walwyn said he was puzzled as to how the COI report could have arrived at a recommendation for suspension of the territory’s constitution.
“If you are saying that… you’re not designed for that purpose, how then do you arrive at suspension of the constitution?” Walwyn questioned. “Most of the stuff [in the COI report], when you read it, you require further investigations into certain things,“ Walwyn argued.
“In the 21st century, there should not even be a consideration for the suspension of the constitution of anybody,“ Walwyn said, echoing recent remarks of Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley.
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It shouldn’t but the numerous drug busts in a place with a population of only 30000 will……
with nearly 50 findings of corruption, mismanagement, bad corporate governance..
Out if the blue here come Wally on a pony. I supported you in many ways in the past but this country is way beyond you now. If the people only knew who you really are they will ignor your rhetoric.
True but is showed out short comings. We should embrace the challenge of fixing them even better that UK want.
Any one who cannot hold a ministry should not run for office
U at bit again , Y not use your own yellO site , boris got a relief , give it up and put your knowledge to use in bthe best interest of the bVi1
campaign boy : yes you can
zimbabwe 1990’s
detroit 1990’s
chicago 1920’s
these places had millions and the world agrees they were crooked and fkd. you have only 30000, and the amount of garbage discovered leads anyone with a brain to conclude, yes, dirty. how you and other ministers past present are allowed by the Stockholm syndrome-afflicted population to continue strutting as their leaders is pathetic, makes bvi people look world class foolish, nieve, and ignorant.
the bvi needs a UK takeover and BVIslanders trained in non corrupt government administration. no one in bvi civil service and gov even knows what 1st world, honest politics and government are. It’s in the report, which speaks for most of the BVI’s realities, and was exhaustive in its analysis.
the place is a sham., this report is real and even if exaggerated, deserves that enhanced image of the BVI, because EVERY $$$$ study the gov ever paid for was thrown out and the issues decided on friends and $’s. 20 years of this and you think you have another chance? yall should be jailed, but too much inbreeding mean too many wailing fools to block their cousins from jail.
One would have thought that Walwyn would not be so forgetful of what has been going around here for years. We have decades of people getting busted for running cocaine, we have decades of experience in running over budget and past deadlines for every public project, often with missing unexplained deadlines. and you have never provided a satisfactory explanation why you hired 60 contractors, many without licenses, to build a wall that cost more that $ 1 million. Moreover, the COI report was just that, not a judgment made in a court of law that could be appealed. Note that in his rhetoric he does not dispute the CoI’s factual findings.
It sucks to be busted, but he, just like other politicians and administrations, had decades to get governance right instead of spending decades lining their pockets.
You could continue to post this lie until you fart, it does not make it the truth.
Couldn’t have said it any better.
What response you expect from Walwyn for having 60 contractors on the wall. You all stop being stupid and use your head. This is the problem with our people. We let anybody mislead us once it sounds bad against one of our own.
What the h**l is wrong with using 60 contractors on a big project? You accuse somebody of something wrong and they have to prove that they did not do it? That is the way the justice system works? You have to prove that they did something wrong if you accuse them. He said numerous times and it came out in the COI that cabinet approved the project to be done in that way. If cabinet approved a project what the hell you expect the ministry to do but carry it out.
I sick of ayo. Let these people fool you off with their nonsense.
Most people would not agree with you on this because we seem bent on destroying ourselves. What you said makes sense and it should have been done.
I enjoyed hearing you on the show last week. Very deep knowledge that you have. We need you back in government.
Uk and London, the greatest current laundering machine of the 21st is busy doing what their ancestors and now current offspring do best, which is project, project and project while keeping their interest in trillions in full view and hidden.
Them still believe most people don’t read and research intensely. They still believe the brown human, which the refer to as “Black” is still ignorant, dumb and out of the loop.
The details will come out one day.
The problem is that small wall neither warranted (60) contractors or was worth that cost. Facts. Get over it. He made a bad decision and the vast majority concluded this. Untwist your th0ng and get a grip on reality. Wake up! This is all political posturing for the impending general elections. What this former minister has not come to terms with is that no matter how much he tries to convince others that his hands are cleaner than his cohorts; we see the dirt.
Myron I know you care very much about this country but leave this crazy people alone. Something wrong with our people. They call good bad and bad good. We need prayers.
It’s either you can’t read or just want to deliberately misunderstand the facts. How could a wall around 8 acres of land be considered small first of all? Have you no sense of measurement? Secondly, from the information cabinet approved the project to be done by multiple contractors. Is one man the cabinet? Stop being an idiot.
Ok perfect Jesus. Your hands have never t even a speck of dirt. The problem in this place is that those who are dishonest believe that everybody is like them.
Yes, the Premier being a long time drug dealer and crook supported by a set of dodgy cronies is hardly worth mentioning. Machine gunning in the streets is normal. Customs Heads are [on leave] everyday. Million dollar wonky walls are the norm everywhere. Crooked government managers and ex jailbirds running the airport happens everywhere.
Nothing unusual here.
Its Myron Fraser and Vincent
This country lacking in understanding judging by the comments. What he is saying is true. In any civilised, democratic society, where a ruling is made by one man in a court, it is subject to appeal. Appeal can be to a tribunal of three judges. Each judge gives their views then decisions are made. You can’t say a summary offence carries up to 12 months then after trial by a single judge you get 12 years. It is plain and simple wrong and can never be upheld in a court of appeal. You cannot say an inquiry is just to inquire then blight the place with rumours of constitutional suspension. Not just, completely not proportionate and is subject to review which should include quashing this illegal tactical mechanism.This would not happen in any other sensible country in the world. Clearly they believe they dealing with moomoos and some people seem to be claiming the title well. Myron makes 100 percent sense AGAIN. Needless to say, the commissioner was VERY bias. The governor is VERY bias. The whole institution and process was ridiculously bias. This is not just. This is illegal. This is not reflective of the rights of humans in the society. Just bullyish behaviour as in the days of slavery. Some people are very blind. Very blind.
All the talk the VIP used to bring down Myron about a Vincy first lady,they still end up with one in their own house.talk that.
And your mother too.
We are lost in the BVI. I have never seen people as colonized in their mind like this. Once it comes from the mouth f the UK poor it’s the truth. These are people who don’t know and who has a history of lies and deceitfulness all over the world for centuries. We would quicker believe them over the people we live and grow up with. Something is wrong with this place.
No more Vincy First Lady Ronnie or Marlon wife from here
Is the report wrong. Is it lying on people? The report simply expose the dishonesty and corruption that been going on for too long..So to your question. “Yes” One good and honest report should damn a country. As a matter fact people need to and will be held accountable .
Absolute truth you spoke?wrote. Yet, the vast majority knows or accept them not. And those that are aware ad know, remain silent, hidden watching, while others manipulate the pro and cons feature to some how influence the narrative, in their favor of course.
Gosh it is daily affair with that.
Meanwhile, our people have at least another century, if we begin teaching now, before we will realize the disintegration of the colonialized and brainwashed mind of the majority of our people… We in bad shape!
Agreed… ”One report” covered a great deal of territory.
Would it be more palatable if the report was split up, say… covering the previous regime with a second one dealing with the NDP’s tenure? Then we could cry foul about 2 damning reports… Double our pleasure, double our fun!
I can understand Mr. Walwyn’s rage at the effects the inquiry has had on the territory’s reputation. However, the inquiry did not produce “one report indicting a whole people”, rather, it was an amalgamation of several investigations, reports, discussions, and suggestions all pointing toward one inarguable truth – the governments of the BVI, both past and present, have played a significant role in this country’s route to corruption. The recommendation (i.e. a judgement that had heavy weighting, but was not set in stone) to suspend the BVI’s constitution, or any nation’s, is indeed archaic, extreme and reeks of colonialism. I think that we as BVIslanders and residents hold the right to rebuild what wicked people broke, on our own terms. That being said we’re in an unfortunate and unique situation. Mr. Walwyn says that “further investigations into certain things is required”, and as true as that may be, our ability to investigate the INCREDIBLY evidenced corruption is hampered by our equally corrupt government and politicians. The biggest issue driving that recommendation is this: can effective reforms be made to the public sector by those who either played a role in this corruption, or were present at the time it happened and did nothing? As a well-educated-lawyer-notorious-former Minister of Education, Mr. Walwyn is completely aware of everything I’ve stated above, so I’m finding it very difficult to see his rhetoric and “puzzlement” as anything other than wilful ignorance, and overly defensive. There’s an important conversation to be had on our constitution’s possible suspension, however, it is a shame our “leaders” seem unable to have it without being purposefully inflammatory in hopes of gaining political points.