Outsiders should not 'dictate & depict' what VI should look like– Hon Penn
Hon Penn made the calls during the Fourth Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly on October 13, 2023. The Special Sitting was called to honour the Virgin Islands' heroes and heroines, ahead of Heroes and Foreparents Day 2023.
“I will do my part as a Member of this House… I urge all my colleagues and persons outside of this House of Assembly, let us as a country… do some introspective reasoning amongst ourselves, within ourselves, with our colleagues and our parents about what we want to see and what we want for our Virgin Islands.”
“And not let Anyone come in and dictate and depict what our Virgin Islands should look like. That has to be a conversation for us, a conversation on what we want to see on the way forward," Hon Penn stated.
No infighting in HoA - Hon Penn
He said for that to happen, there must not be any infighting in the House of Assembly amongst legislators in the VI.
“And Premier, I hope you’re listening, we can’t do it as a Government and Opposition fighting against each other, we have to do it as a House of Assembly, we have to do it as a people of these Virgin Islands collectively,”
Hon Penn said legislators will not always agree, and he anticipated there would be some challenges and disagreements on the way forward in the VI.
“But let's humbly agree, that we must move forward and come to some kind of consensus on the way forward,” he added while saluting the families of those identified as heroes and heroines in the VI.
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45 Responses to “Outsiders should not 'dictate & depict' what VI should look like– Hon Penn”
All this problem, the BVI exprenceing,is because of what Andrew did. When he was elected, the first thing he did is give 200 plus people naturalization, which was bull ship. I want the UK run here.
At disappointed. Your @$$ got paid didn't you?
Why don't they?
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Wonder if you also know that the locals who made their kids in the US are considered “outsiders”
Outsider. But I have no problem with that, my outsider genes give me an opportunity to see mtself as different, above the ordinary average 2x4 mentality of small island "island people". But the sad thing iz that people who born here are considered outsiders as well, while the insiders go outside to America to born their children and come back pretending to be such patriots. Their children feel entitled to the benefits Uncle Sam offers, but don't want their "born here" relatives to even claim the nationality of their birthplace. Hypocrisy and ignorance will be the death of this place if you all don't repent. NEWS FLASH! All outsiders big up unnuh self, as long as you aint a criminal, and you don't have to beg nobody to feed you, hold yuh head high, and say, praise the lord! And stay outta de people dem business, if dem doan like you.
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