‘Remember we’re servants, not elites’, Mather tells legislators
Opposition legislator Stacey ‘Buddha’ Mather has cautioned his fellow elected leaders to behave like servants rather than elites over the course of the four-year legislative term.
Speaking in the House of Assembly on May 18, Mather said he hopes elected leaders will not allow party politics and selfish agendas to derail them and prevent them from providing the quality leadership that the BVI needs.
“As I sit here today and in many more sessions to come, I implore all of us to recognize that we are not an elite group but rather the servants of our people,” Mather said.
He also said the government and the Opposition must better communicate among themselves and properly engage and inform the community. The first-time legislator said it is important that members of the Fifth House of Assembly leave a lasting legacy that future generations can follow.
At the same time, he called on residents to hold leaders accountable instead of waiting until the next election to speak about issues they aren’t satisfied with.
“To the youth of the territory — my people, I urge you to not let your voices be silenced. Let your outcry for a better Virgin Islands be across all party lines and make it louder than it has ever been. Hold your leaders – all of us – accountable. Do not go quiet in the next four years and wait for another election. The change will not come without constant chanting from every corner across our territory,” Mather implored.
Mather joins the rest of the elected leaders who have doubled down on their promises to improve politics during the new legislative term. All elected leaders have acknowledged that the actions of politicians have deeply hurt the community and have all vowed to work together to improve their behaviours and leadership in order to restore trust.
Despite these promises, residents are cautiously waiting to see how the legislative year will unfold and whether elected leaders will stick to their promises to act in the best interest of the population as they carry out their duties over the next four years.
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We do not want you to cross the floor like your cousins…You got good traits unlike your traitor cousins
Cousins Lorna and Mark….2 grasshoppers
A young country man at heart with integrity and a go getter! Boom, Bam!!
I BELIEVE YOU WALKED INTO AN ANTS NEST , AND AS SEE THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS DONE START ALREADY , SO STAND FIRM , AND TRUST NO SHADOW ( ALWAYS DOUBLE OR TRIPLE CHECK YOURSELF ~ EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ) HYPOCRITES ALWAYS USES DECEPTION , A SMILE CAN BE USED VERY EFFECTIVELY TO DECIEVE YOU IF YOU LET YOUR DEFENCES DOWN . MY RESPECT CTO YOU BRO ? ?
Thank you. Chant for change – Buddha 2023
Lovely speech..I believe its from his heart..
He is talking to his own team!
Honourable Mather understands his role in public service. Not like some if those fakes when they get elected they think that they bigger than the people who elect them. You can’t get an appointment to see them because they don’t have time for us peasants. They better wake up and listen to Hon Mather. We will be watching and taking notes.
Not again!! FFS mehn it ain’t that hard to get the Hon. Stacy Mather correct. And it is “Hon.” Mather not – ‘Mather said…’….show some R-E-S-P-E-C-T @ Bvinews media….brilliant date btw Hon. Mather, we have your back and we know that you have the public best interest at heart. Congrats again
Respect to the Hon Stacey “Buddah” mather, may God bless you and keep you from the evil all around you. Look to God and he will guide you.
Some want people to vote for them but they proud line peacocks
But then all the politicians almost all allegedly cheating on their wives but tgey all talking about integrity
That definition is BVI version of integrity!!
So they walk proud to keep off embarrassment. What a ting ?
I will chip in… to the youths of the Territory, the young men, women and all Legislator’s elected or not… You must calculate the future cost of your actions always. Think… It is not illegal yet.