Premier did not get a mandate to run the territory — Fraser
Third District Representative Julian Fraser has suggested that Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley and his government did not receive a mandate from the electorate to govern the territory.
Fraser, while pointing to the wealth of political experience on the opposition benches, said it was opposition members that held this responsibility instead.
According to Fraser, the Premier needs to be aware of the number of years served by the opposition members in parliamentary and ministerial posts. Fraser also warned the Premier not to reduce or minimise the opposition’s importance.
“This [opposition] group that you’re looking at here… I’m preaching to the converted because the Premier did not get a mandate to run this country,” Fraser said at a recent opposition press conference. “This group got a mandate to run the country from the people. So we have a responsibility and I think we all take it seriously.”
Opposition members recently staged a walkout from the HOA as a result of the government’s decision to relegate the opposition’s questions to the end of the order paper in the House of Assembly (HOA).
The government, in turn, complained that there were over a hundred questions submitted by the opposition and public officers requested additional time to help government ministers respond to them.
Fraser protested that it was up to the opposition to ask as many questions as it needed in order to keep the government accountable.
He also rebuked the Premier for allegedly suggesting to the House of Assembly that the number of questions posed by the opposition should be reduced.
“You don’t dictate to the House of Assembly how they should conduct their business… If it’s in our opinion that we need to ask 10 questions, 10 questions we will present. And those 10 questions we expect to ask. If it happens to be 40 questions, it will be 40 questions,” Fraser asserted.
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Lorna made him Premier
YOU AND ASSOCIATES IS THE REASON THST HE IS THERE , SO DON’T USE ( LORNA ) AS A SCAPEGOAT , WE KNOW BETTER / ITS LIKE PUTTING A SHARK AN ALLIGATOR AND SOME PIRANHAS IN A POOL / YOU ALL COULD OF
VOTED AMONGST YOURSELVES FOR THE TOP SPOT IF YOU ALL HAD VTHE COUNTRY’S BEST INTEREST IN YOUR HEARTS AND WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM ( BUT ) BUT POWER WAS YOU ALL DOWNFALL , AND YOU ALL STILL AINT TOGETHER , JUST PUTTING ON A PERFORMANCE FOR THE PUBLIC ( ITS CALLED DECEPTION )
GO AND SIT DOWN IN THE ROAD AND PROTEST ? PEOPLE GETTING GUNNED DOWN / GUNS & DRUGS IS EVERYWHERE CORRUPTION LIKE PEAS YET NO OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOLLERING ABOUT THOSE CRIMES • YOU ALL JUST LIKE SKELETONS IN A CLOSET YOU ALL FULL OF MOLD & DUST AND HOLEY LIKE THOSE IN THE ROADS / THE BUSH ON YOUR HEAD IS ALRIGHT JUST GET A SPEAR , A SHIELD , A WRAP AROUND AND START WALKING UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET BARE FEET SINGING WE SHALL OVER COME OR RENT A BARGE OR A CANOE AND HEAD BACK TO AFRICA ( THE PLACE US TOO SMALL FOR YOUR KINDA BRAINS
Do our territory well by not supporting Wiggly. We had enough.
I was wondering what the word T .E .A .M means in the BVI someone tell me about this acronym?