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Proposed deadlines by Gov’t for reforms ‘not sufficiently ambitious’- Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has released another damning Quarterly Review on the Implementation of Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Recommendations.
‘We didn’t speak specifically about removal of Order in Council’- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although holding the position that the Order in Council held in reserve to partially suspend the Virgin Islands VI) constitution is not representative of a modern partnership, the recent VI delegation to the United Kingdom (UK) did not make discussion for its removal a priority.
Progress on implementing CoI recommendations too slow- Lord Goldsmith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- United Kingdom (UK) Minister for the Overseas Territories Lord Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith has indicated that progress on implementing recommendations in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) framework document has been too slow.
UK wants CoI reforms to ‘go further’ before lifting of Order in Council- Premier
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Despite international and regional bodies condemning the imperialistic Order in Council to suspend the Virgin Islands constitution and impose direct rule, the Unity Government has so far been unsuccessful in getting the United Kingdom (UK) Government to remove the Order.
Governor 'disappointed' with progress of some CoI reforms
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has raised concerns over slow progress in some areas of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) reforms in the Virgin Islands (VI) under the “Framework for Implementation of the Recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry Report and Other Reforms” (“the Framework document”), being led by the Government of National Unity.
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