Truss must reverse UK Order in Council before leaving — Malone
Outgoing United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Liz Truss must ensure she undoes the proceedings she first started as UK Overseas Territories Minister which left the BVI staring down the barrel of an Order in Council to suspend the BVI’s constitution at any time and impose direct rule of the territory.
This was the view shared by At-Large Territorial Representative and former Health Minister Carvin Malone while appearing on a JTV News interview recently.
“Before the seven days is up with Prime Minister Liz Truss, she needs to do the honourable thing and to get her Foreign Secretary, Mr [James] Cleverly … to reverse this. That’s the Order in Council,” Malone said.
Truss resigned as Prime Minister late last week after serving for just 45 days — the shortest term in the UK’s recorded political history. New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was officially announced today after being asked to form a government by King Charles.
Malone said when UK MP Jesse Norman, who now holds responsibility for Overseas Territories visits the territory in the coming days, this is the message that needs to be relayed.
“That is the message that we need to band together and tell him to take back,” Malone said. “I’m not sure what message he’s coming to get, but we cannot let him leave here and say that the people of the Virgin Islands are satisfied, they don’t see anything wrong with what we’ve done and they are banding for more to be done. It is not so, it is wrong and we must band together to send that unified message.”
Nothing warrants constitution review
In the meantime, Malone said a clear, precise and unequivocal message must be sent to the Government of National Unity, the governor, and Norman that nothing the BVI has done rises to the level of having its constitution amended.
The BVI is currently in the beginning stages of a constitutional review process that formed part of the recommendations arising from the Commission of Inquiry (COI).
Malone said if the BVI is to have a credible constitutional review process, it must be that the entire constitution is being reviewed.
The Opposition legislator contended that the BVI was playing ‘Russian roulette’ as it sought to amend its constitution. “It is not the way that we should do this, not in this century, not in this time, not in this space.”
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If incompetence was a person look at it right there. Britain now again has another promoter minister, the 5th or 6th in six years. They will be making decisions that impact our lives without our say or consent. Doesn’t that offend any BVIslander? Doesn’t it?
No, no and no. The Order in Council must continue to stay on reserve. Too much lawlessness and greed. What is happening in the UK has no bearings on what’s going on in the VI.
Did Truss put the order in council as the PM. Did she do it on her own. It must have been a collective decision. Why must she now remove it before she leaves office. Does that sound sensible to you baloney. What is the haste to have it remove. It is there to have oversight so that you don’t go back to your old ways. In your effort to show relevance you are doing a very poor job. Is this really the kind of people who seeks to lead us. Let it remain until you get your act in order. Too much,way too much corruption. It makes me sick.
I don’t usually agree with Hon. Malone but I agree with him on this one.
She done gone.
Free all our fallen soldiers including Hon. Fahie, WS, PS, OM, NC, LS and any one who will be charged in the future for crimes, corruption or drug trafficking..so we can go back to our business
@Good, Anyone who agree with Malone on this is just as co**upt as him.
HOW YOU ARISTOCRATS CAN SEE CORRUPTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES MILES AWAY BUT REFUSE TO SEE OUR OWN CORRUPTION THAT WE ARE POLISHING TO MAKE IT SHINEY AND BEAUTIFUL / WE REALLY GOT SOME CREATIVE TALENTS AVAILABLE HERE / PITY ITS NOT ON THE POSITIVE SIDE ?
So unbelievably uninformed, just talking and spreading garbage
Please don’t even begin to study Jergens. Ms Truss is not incompetent. She was there while the burial was happening. She was with the Queen for many years and stepped i. For a moment. PM Sunak will testify to that. Where is Ms Jergens information documented? Speak up Ms Jergens!!!!
The new PM will take care of that thank you. And when he does, BVI will follow. And BVI will be safe and secure, after how many years of corruption? Let’s ask the coach what he said to the smuggler? NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING.
Malone you are speaking for yourself and your own interests you are not speaking for the majority of us here.
She’s already gone, you idiot, and she has about a million more important things to worry about than an order in council that is currently having no effect on anything.
So, you people still believe these islands belong to us. The only way somebody can impose direct rule on the territory is because they own it. Do you think that women go to sleep at night worrying about a group of small islands with just 30k BLACK people? Malone go sit down