Skelton Cline audits given December deadline
Audits into all government contracts awarded Pastor Claude Skelton Cline since 2019 are expected to conclude by the end of this year.
This is according to the proposal that was approved between the government and UK Overseas Territories Minister Amanda Milling.
The recommendations for the audits stem from the Commission of Inquiry (COI) reports which was released weeks ago.
The proposal says the Auditor General will present the completed audit report to the governor and it was given a deadline of December 31, 2022.
A review done by the Commission of Inquiry found that contracts executed between the government and Skelton Cline since 2019 were patently false and demonstrated ‘serious dishonesty’ on the part of public officials.
“On the evidence, there can be little if any doubt that these contracts were, on their face, false. They did not attempt to set out the intended contractual obligations of Mr Skelton Cline (if any),” COI Commissioner Sir Gary Hickinbottom found in his report.
As a result of this, the Commissioner concluded that, “as soon as practical, a full audit of these contracts should be performed by the Auditor General or some other independent person or body instructed by her, and a report on that audit be presented to the Governor.”
He said this should be to the extent that the clergyman was not performing his contractual obligations, the circumstances in which Skelton Cline was paid out of the public purse; and whether the contracts provided any value for money.
In the meantime, Skelton Cline has repeatedly denied allegations of wrongdoing in executing any of his contracts and has argued that he has been targeted unfairly.
During his appearance before the Inquiry, Skelton Cline told the Commission that the best forum for him to be of assistance would be in a “private setting”.
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Praise the Lord!!!
Time to incarcerate the Good Reverend. I suspect he will be long gone before he is approached with handcuffs. Maybe he goes to Senegal? Poor Senegalese people. Lmfao
Is his wife is a gangster too?
The wife is e**l ? jail both of them karma
Amen!!
Amen to that
The gravy train has finally came to a halt for this one
Enjoy your last six months of freedom!
Should be an interesting battle between good and evil for the next 6 months if Cline doesn’t disappear before the 31 Dec. deadline.
He should be asked to surrender all his travel documents.
His pig finally came to a fine market
If this man has done something wrong and it has been proven then he should suffer the consequences. It however would serve the bvi people well to do some research and ask people who know about the way the British has operated in the Caribbean. Their number one strategy is to turn you against your own so that the things that they want to do can be done. Do we really think that people who enslaved us will be so overly concerned about our well being? Pay more attention to what is happening in the world. Pay attention to the shrinking British empire especially since they left the EU. Pay attention people! Why does the governor want to be so involved with our constitutional committee? People pay attention. How do I steal from your house? – I tell you that someone else is stealing and cause you to look at them while I rob the whole damn place. The British has practiced this game for centuries all over the world. Stop making these games work on your minds. Colonialism will have you trained to disbelieve what I have said and make you curse at me or cause you press dislike numerous times.
IF he do something? Did you read the report at all?
Was the COI a court of law or was it just an inquiry? Didn’t they say that they did not require a license because they are not practicing law and it was only an inquiry? Then why are you giving the report the force of law? Clear your minds people. So because a one man commission puts something down on paper it means that it is true?
Yes, that’s exactly what it means. The commission investigating corruption found it in his contracts. These are now being examined further, expect criminal proceedings. Sure, lets wait until the cuffs go on, but where there is heavy smoke…
@ farm house. Don’t you think that the CORRUPTION and Crooked deals and BLATANT disregard forPublic /Givernment monies has gone on long enough /— if not TOOO long — for the selected few
Be honest with your self —-awaiting your reply
Truth and factual, Farmhouse, but our/their are of the mind is closed shut…
Can we get away from “these people that enslaved us”? The people from the UK that we deal with today are NOT the people that enslaved us. You cannot continue to blame this generation for what the ones before them wrought or think that this generation is behaving in the same way.
@farmhouse. You appear to be contradicting yourself. It does not really matter who conducts the investigation, be it the local Police or Scotland Yard. I am sure that the young man would want to clear his name. The public also would want to make sure that their tax Incomes did not go down the drain. On the other hand, your statements tend to suggest that the matter be muted until self rule?
There were concerns about this man’s dealings with government long before the British came. Let justice run its course.
The VIP world is tumbling down…There goes Stoutt’s legacy
Stoutt was cr%%ked too
Most of them were / are recently anyways !
More like his Deputy was.
Lock him up
C S C Day’s are numbered, if you ask me.
Look how the greed and ignorance of some individuals has come along and tarnish and destroy the core essence of the Virgin Islands Party. We not going to jump ship, but instead dig Our heels in cand rebuild the strength and unity of the VIP
has some serious questions to ask itself:
How did they incubate, defend, and promote this g**gster to the top position?
Don’t tell me that no-one suspected anything in the party.
Time for cleaning house, some serious reflection, maybe take a leaf out of the Know Your Customer protocols you were so keen to inflict on the BVI business community.
A period out of power until you can be regarded as qualified to stand any candidate would be in order.
Lock him up throw away d key.He is one of Dem that got dis country where it is disrespecting the Governor
Anyone in the Safe the ‘Seed’ community asking him to step down? Or is this between him and God? lol
It doesn’t pay to be rude that’s why he and the esteemed one are both in the dog house today
Bringing in the sheaves and reaping what was sowed. The level of disrespect showed against the Queen’s representative was downright out of place and certainly not representative of Virgin Islanders.
They are only getting a taste of the bitter medicine spewed. Every red cent received that the government (and by extension the people) of the BVI did not get value for should be demanded and paid into the treasury.
Nothing but a predator in sheep’s clothing!
without hating on anyone….Isn’t it about time??????
CSC your best bet is disappear run away. Britain is determined to sink you and you will be sink..Ur loud mouth, your disrespect.Will not go unpunished..
ALL U DOING IS SPEWING OUT HATRED / IS THAT WHY THE NAVY WAS TURNED DOWN ? ❓ WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY ,? ( OH MAYBE YOU OWN ONE OF THOSE BARGES ) ANYWAY I HOPE YOU GROWING LOTS OF VEGETABLES FOR US , THAT WOULD BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE THAN BIG DADDY ANDY’S WEED
CSC false prophets lies and illusion don’t understand why people refer to him and the other JIC as pastors.
A tiny minority of Brits were involved in slavery. Slavery was never allowed the UK itself ( unlike the USA ). Slavery was opposed by the majority in the UK and eventually the UK used its naval might to abolish it.
Not only is your statement untrue in principle, it shows that you underestimate how corrupt the “Brits” were.
Unfortunately they are declining to the point where they may soon be victims of those they once victimized. Any good that they may have done will be trampled over by history. That would be a shame because there are a lot of good British people today.
The wife is e**l ? jail both of them karma
Why no investigation into the pier park?
This cl**n did it in the Motor City, then did the same thing in the BVI.
Allegedly bilked millions on both accounts, his time is nearing the end thank Christ!
What goes up must come down it was just a matter of time.
People that listen to this f**l are just that. F**LS!
Ring his effin bell! Scoundrel!
Hopefully he will have to give the money back.
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