Walwyn on criminal charges: My hands are clean
Former Education Minister Myron Walwyn has once again vehemently denied any wrongdoing on his part in relation to the controversial Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) perimeter wall project.
Walwyn, along with his former Assistant Secretary, Lorna Stephens, faces charges of Breach of Trust by a public official before the Magistrate’s Court for his role in the project.
But Walwyn, who is also an attorney by profession, has continued to insist that no laws were broken as he executed his duties while serving as minister within a previous administration.
While declaring his candidacy for the upcoming general elections during the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) campaign launch last Friday, Walwyn expressed that he held some concerns as a citizen and as an attorney about the criminal justice system in the territory.
He noted at the same time that he had the utmost respect for the system in which he has practiced for the last 16 years.
“I have confidence in the judicial system here and I know I’ll be vindicated because I can say without fear of contradiction that my hands are clean,” Walwyn stated.
The former legislator said he can look at residents squarely in the eye and say he conducted himself with honesty and integrity during his time as Minister and elected representative.
“If I remotely thought that I may have been involved in anything criminal whatsoever, you will not see me here before you, not embarrassing myself, embarrassing my family, certainly not insulting the intelligence of the people of the Virgin Islands,” the former lawmaker added.
According to an Auditor General’s report, the project had significant cost overruns that allowed its final tally to balloon well past $1 million after being split into multiple petty contracts and work orders.
Walwyn had argued that the choice to split the contracts was made in Cabinet and therefore was not a unilateral decision on his part.
He previously told the Commission of Inquiry (COI) that he did not appreciate at the time that splitting the wall contract among various contractors would have escalated the costs beyond the budgeted amount. He said he believed the cost would have remained the same whether one person did the work or if multiple persons did it.
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I believe and trust you Myron. I hope to see you back in the House of Assembly because we need people like you.
That charge against Walwyn is a bogus charge. I hope he sues them for this.
Innocent he says so let due process roll and his case be heard in court and that will show if he is.
A vote of NO CONFIDENCE for Walwyn. How can we put a man who supported himself to feed legislators making a killing like if there were no other businesses that provide that service???
I can’t vote for a man who find ways to make his business thrive while we who vote for them Gail with our restaurants.
I am not voting for anyone before the courts with criminal charges I AM NOT
Leave Alvera for another 4 years
even Richard Nixon said his hands were clear!!! Myron we knew what you did to get elected last time with the millions and millions on the wall we not falling for it, why you so determine to get your hands back on the public purse?
F**nyman with his normal smoke and mirrors just keep quiet and prove your case and stop blogging on your self
Was there ever a crook who didn’t claim he was innocent?
Myron, sit out this election and sort yourself out. By you running, you are causing more harm to the territory and it’s credibility
Walwyn is so ego driven that he will risk being the second government official within 1 year to be arrested. He should sit this one out
Since when he became judge and Jury?
He says what he did was not criminal. Stupid and unethical perhaps, but not criminal. He thinks that would make him a good politician!
Look how Myron when convicted and go to jail will put the bvi back on the international map like Andrew did.
Shame shame on him for putting self over country
Does a fisherman ever say his fish is stink?
Let’s hypothetically say he wins and holds a ministerial seat and then is found guilty. What then?
Best to sit this one out on the bench.
For your sake and the BVI’s sake.
How can anyone who is under criminal investigation contest the poles? Not my vote for sure.
The sad reality here is spelt out in the last sentence of the article, if the gentleman did not know something as mundane as that, how can he expect voters to trust him running the country. And, that’s the best case scenario, whether he is found guilty or not does not resolve his incompetence as a government official.
Myron was either co**upt or inefficient or both as a Minister. We don’t need him back. Years ago, he couldn’t even manage a restaurant that someone else owned and suddenly he had four restaurants and who knows what else after he was in politics. Shame.
get your self elected in the BVI
is after he was putting bread on the little Boys table , they turned around and took bribes to bring him down and make him look bad ? ,and coach and his puppets did nothing to get back the money from the scammers ( because they were behind the scam , and that would of opened a can of worms , yet the wigo still singing about the wall / just like some hypocrites are insinuating Dr . Smith stole the 7 mill / they both got played , by snakes in the grass , but at least they now know who those snakes are, and who they were working for . The BVI has become very dangerous ?
AND YES THEY ARE, YES THEY ARE SWEET CHEECKS. ALL CLEAN.