COVID-19: Gov't 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'- Karia J. Christoper
"The world is still in a crisis. Obviously I have my feeling on how good and how bad the Government does and what the Opposition says... I am surprised though that there still seems to be somewhat of a division here in the British Virgin Islands," she said on the Sunday, June 14, 2020, edition of the show.
Mrs Christopher continued, "Because I think that, damned if you do, damned if you don't."
The talk show host was at the time interviewing another talk show host, Mr Cromwell Smith aka 'Edju Enka', when Episode 1 of Season 2 of the popular show premiered to a larger regional audience on Flow 1, in addition to CBN and online via Facebook.
Heath Vs Economy
She said if the Fahie Administration had not done enough on the health front and just focus on the economy, things could have turned out worst.
"Had the government of the day said we're going to get through this let's take our time and keep the economy going and we had let's say, ten deaths, that would have been a disaster for this little 42,000 population."
Alternative she said, "So the Government said ok, we're going to prioritise and have the health come first, and then we will deal with the economy... which they are saying that they are doing now, and then we have many of the business owners very anxious."
There has been only one death in the Territory due to COVID-19 and there are currently no active cases of the disease in the VI.
Due to the Territory's effective response to the pandemic, even regional leaders have been admiring and praising the leadership of Premier Fahie.
No time for division
Calling for more unity between the Government and the Opposition, Mrs Christopher said COVID-19; however, has created opportunities for growth, which can be used as a starting point for more collaboration between the two sides of the House of Assembly (HoA).
The Opposition has; however, been very critical of every move by the Government even in this time of crisis and when, as Premier Fahie has said, 'no one has the playbook for COVID-19'.
The Opposition had even sought to come up with their own economic recovery plan.
"So I have learned to calm myself and that's basically only because of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, where most of us lost everything and so many great opportunities came, so hopefully the Government of the day [and] the Opposition will be good boys and girls and work together."
Mrs Christopher further called on the Government and Opposition to desist from unnecessary divisions at this time, adding that divisions will only cause additional stress on the VI population.
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14 Responses to “COVID-19: Gov't 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'- Karia J. Christoper”
The issue is that this territory is now managed on a day by day basis without a vision on how to minimize the economic impact. The govt is only instilling fears in our minds and not hope.
That is not leadership.
Oh, what she’s doing is giving you something to do, something to talk about, because literally, you have absolutely nothing better to do than to continue to pollute the atmosphere of the British Virgin Islands with negative, nasty Nancy comments.