Premier who’s gotten death threats condemns attack on SVG PM
Premier Andrew Fahie — who is no stranger to having his physical safety threatened while holding the highest elected office in the territory — has denounced the attacks that recently injured St Vincent Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves.
While on his way back to parliament last Thursday, Dr Gonsalves was hit in the head with a rock during the protest of his government’s proposed ‘mandatory vaccination’ policy.
“The violence that was displayed against Prime Minister Gonsalves was shocking and reprehensible. It has no place in a democratic society. This COVID-19 era is a time for unity and for working together. It is a time for being supportive of each other. There is never a good or a right time for violence – never. We can have our differences without resulting to measures of this level,” Premier Fahie said following the attack.
Fahie made those comments against the backdrop that his government supports criticism of his administration and freedom of speech, as long as it is done respectfully and lawfully.
At the beginning of his tenure as the leader of government business after 2019 general Elections, Fahie faced criticism of his own for using public funds to hire personal bodyguards.
At the time, Fahie said he received three credible threats to “assassinate the Premier”.
He had further described the matter as a sensitive national security issue and said the advice to procure bodyguards came from local police.
And in a message directed to persons he described as the ‘three entities’ behind the threat, Fahie said: “I will not be intimidated by you. You will not frighten me.”
He further said his bodyguards have been advised to use lethal force against any would-be attackers.
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) later assumed full responsibility for Premier Fahie’s personal security and replaced the private security firm that the Fahie administration had contracted around the start of his tenure as Premier.
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Was there really a threat? Was uncle Bob involved? Why no one was arrested or prosecuted?
I believe that so called threat was just for public sympathy.
Well if Bob was the threat and Bob is gone with not a suspect, who should be the suspect of Bob’s demise but the threatened one?
That is a very good question because the threat seems to have just simple disappeared without any word of an arrest or anything.
No arrest,no clue not even a whisper and the threatened one going about his business on top of truck in motorcade open to any and all.
Threatened head of state? Unlikely! Or no longer.
Wow. Just wow
So now Dear leader uses the threat of assassination to bluster about and promise deadly force against his supposed attackers. Yikes.
We just took a giant step back into the days of banana republics, juntas, and authoritarian regimes.
Now that’s what BVI LOVE is these days?
gonsalves bodyguards couldn’t prevent him from getting a burst head
He know why he get threats. I never see a head of a country get death threats and you have not heard a word about it from anyone but him. What happen to the threats? Strangely he had body guards but where were they for his family?
Andrew, you are here proclaiming to be against threats yet at the same time protecting your ex-p******tress with her gun threats. Please go sit down and deal with BVI issues first.
This man is too too sh**y,involved,suspicious secretive.
Unt**stworthy to the max.
He was like that long before you all cast votes for him.
Uk seized the moment as it should. A local elected leader if a UK possession with a sh**y and questionable past.
Turning point for the VI.
At first I had my doubts about his claim too but since then I’ve heard ppl recklessly joking about killing politicians. How are we to know if it’s jokes or just frustration venting? Best they just stop this behaviour b4 something bad happens unnecessarily.
Well if Bob was the threat and Bob is gone with not a suspect, who should be the suspect of Bob’s demise but the threatened one?
He knows his envolvment.
What a stupid and dumb headline, “Premier who’s gotten death threats” wtf.
Dr Gonsalves was hit in the head with a rock during the protest of his government’s proposed ‘MANDATORY vaccination’ policy.
“The violence that was displayed against Prime Minister Gonsalves was shocking and reprehensible. It has no place in a DEMOCRATIC society.
Sorry, but Mandatory vaccination has no place in a Democratic society. The Dems in the U.S. are going door to door bullying people to be vaccinated – how’s that going for them?
This site is unprofessional and just hates the Premier & his government. This site always finds the most negative misleading headline to try to always cast the Premier in a negative light.
He has death threats but still he’s on top of a truck leading motorcades. He did so during the elections and he did so again the other day with this “athletes motorcade”. A big easy target at the top of a truck joyously shouting. Not the behavior of someone who is fearful for their life. It’s always some story with this dude Messon.
Evidently the threat has been removed and with no clue about the identity of the grim reaper.
Evidently the threat has been removed and with no clue about the identity of the grim reaper.