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Only two House members wanted me sacked as Speaker — Willock

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More than two months after publicly announcing that “the majority of members” of the House of Assembly wanted him removed from the post, former Speaker Julian Willock is now claiming otherwise.

Willock resigned back in early May; not long after the bombshell Commission of Inquiry (COI) report was released.

The former Speaker — who previously disclosed that he was forced to tender his resignation to avoid the embarrassment of being removed as Speaker through a House vote — told the Talking Points radio show yesterday that he decided not to contest what appeared to outsiders to be a clear consensus at the time.

“There was support from two members for my removal and I will leave it there,“ Willock said.

When questioned about why he conceded when only two House members wanted his removal, Willock suggested that he left in an effort to keep the peace.

“I wasn’t prepared to fight, they had reserved the right to bring a motion against me, and I mean it’s still up in the air whether they had the vote to do that (remove him) but, nevertheless I have lived my life trying to serve my country,” the former Speaker said.

“If stepping aside as Speaker, for a while, helps in whatever the unity government is trying to achieve, I am there,“ Willock added while assuring listeners that he has never been obsessed with power.

Willock was decidedly tight-lipped about the identity of the legislators who wished to see him leave and would only add that his presence as Speaker appeared to be a threat to negotiations with the UK at the time.

No rogue Speaker

Willock declined to confirm whether he was presented with any sort of compensation package for having to vacate his post as Speaker, denying in the process that he ever overstepped his mandate.

“I will simply say that I have worked with the 13, 14 members of the House of Assembly for the last three-and-a-half years and I know that they all have examined their conscience, and I will leave that there,“ Willock stated. 

“I have never ever been some sort of rogue Speaker. I’ve never pretended or acted like any minister. I was clear about the role of Speaker and I believe that Speakers are to be heard in the House of Assembly,” Willock stated while insisting that he consulted HOA members on everything. 

The former Speaker said it was a little troubling when some House members actually suggested he acted as a rouge Speaker and was doing what he wanted as if he were a government minister. 

“It was a little disheartening; divorced from the reality,” Willock said.

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  1. Che Guava says:

    Only 2 house members,? Reality is that 99.9 % at least,of the voters did not want you affilited with our Government,least of all,be an active participant. Another one of the dark shadow was cast on Fahie as a result.

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  2. Go! says:

    You should have never been made the Speaker period. You brought that office down to the lowest it has ever been. Two members and the whole BVI public wanted you sacked. Get lost!

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  3. THE real deal says:

    i bet they are the two power hunger fools M and m…but leave them to Johevah esteemed.

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  4. I will leave it at that says:

    His behavior is what got him in the position he is in today

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  5. Hello???.... says:

    “If stepping aside as Speaker, for a while, helps in whatever the unity government is trying to achieve, I am there,“ Willock added while assuring listeners that he has never been obsessed with power.”

    please—- patho**gical l**r

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  6. Badness it name says:

    Makes sense! I always thought only about to ah um have sense. It might be the same two. Tells us of the level of how ineptness and weakness in the body representing us.

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  7. Raffi says:

    Oh no, not him again!
    My friend, can’t you take a hint? You’re neither wanted Here nor welcomed…..

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  8. bottom-line says:

    Sowonde fired he?

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  9. sheer says:

    damage control

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  10. THE citizen says:

    Long Live Julian Willock. He has been one of the best Speakers ever. That job was made for him!

    You will always be our speaker and hope that you are running as you have my vote.

    You have always been fighting for the people

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  11. The man says:

    The man jw is heavy weight you mean he did an interview on zbvi the next day he makes the news

    He going be a force for a long long time

    But he can’t beat Frazer now

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  12. Only the truth says:

    Julian is a sharp boy mehson

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  13. Watch God says:

    Willock is an example of someone who should never be close to the government. If you want something destroyed then you just include him in it. Never have we seen a speaker who did not know his place and his boundaries. Andrew Fahie rewarded him with the speakership because of his yellow site which wrote stories that people now see were inaccurate at best. So they both have been rewarded now with the fruits of their Labour.

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  14. WIGO says:

    you still blogging using different name on different web site / but you need to stop fooling yourself ( best speaker how ?? best director at wsd ? ❓ you and rubber d*ck will make a good team of dreamers / and you got blasted out of hoa and your bill will accompany you , O THOU ESTEEMED NONE

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  15. UK says:

    I listen to that radio program and this guy really disgust me, he really thinks that the uk sees him as a threat, he really love feeling important, for the uk alone, this man does not exist, another thing, I heard him refer to the judge as a British judge, this was really distasteful and racist, we all know the judge is a British judge, we didn’t need you to expound on that, so what was your motive????.

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  16. Only two? says:

    Thank you for letting us know it was only two!! Here we were feeling that this Unity Government could regain some measure of public trust. If only two, that means the majority were okay with your shameful display at the COI with your haughty and arrogant self and spending money you weren’t authorised to spend. For you alone, I would have begged for a COI.

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  17. ignorant zit of a man says:

    IZOAM
    you touting that a group of fumbling political slobs and cr–ks are in majority for you? fine. maybe balsham ghut residents would also back you. we who vote here, don’t. go take your tick-assed existance elsewhere to suck blood from who you parasite on.

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  18. 3rd D. Rep says:

    The former Speaker stated that the 3rd Dis Rep and Leader of the Opposition was the only person on the committee who voted for him not to pay his bill. In other words, the Leader of the Opposition voted for us the people to pay this bill. Let that sink in.

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  19. @ watch God says:

    well his mud slinging propaganda worked in the last election / and when things backfired , he is boldfaced enough to say he was sacrificed

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  20. jessie says:

    God bless Mr Julian you are a good man you love your people and your country

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  21. Unesteemed says:

    More Blather and BS

  22. HOA says:

    Stop l**ng Willock. The MAJORITY wanted you GONE. And GONE YOU ARE

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  23. Moving along says:

    Don’t matter how many members wanted him gone. That’s irrelevant. He should have never been there in the first place.

  24. Johnny says:

    Has he paid his lawyer bill yet?
    Asking for my friend the taxpayer

  25. To my brothers sisters says:

    That defend this l**ch, you are complicit in in the fraud and misrepresentation of people by the elected and appointed. Either through stupidity or the result of a political system so perverted that it is straight money for votes , To excuse the people that have stolen or wrongly assigned your tax money to their friends or to their own defenses they have a name for this -Stockholm syndrome -it is when captives start feeling for their captors after extended periods of being kept down -look in the mirror my foolish friends

  26. Yup says:

    The things those poor GMC seats have seen…

  27. Flesh n Bood says:

    JW own flesh and blood said that he haf needed to be investigated while he was in power, driving that stretched black hearse and spending taxpayers monies like it belongs to him.

  28. De Garbage Man says:

    Boo, Hoo

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