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General Election scheduled for Feb 25, 2019; HoA dissolves
Just as was first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) today, Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) have moments ago advised that the Virgin Islands' House of Assembly (HoA) will be dissolved. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Just as was first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) today, Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) have moments ago advised that the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) will be dissolved.
The Premier also announced the 2019 General Election date as February 25, 2019, and said he is to advise the Governor of such.
His Excellency the Governor, Augustus J. U. Jaspert is expected tomorrow, January 24, 2019, to sign the proclamation both for the 2019 General Election and for the dissolvement of the HoA.
We will bring you more detail as the information unfolds.
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30 Responses to “General Election scheduled for Feb 25, 2019; HoA dissolves”
UK taking over asap and they putting Dancia on charge till we could figure this s** out. Ween going gah no election folks.
1. Andrew Fahie - VIP
2. Mitch Turnbull - PVIM
3. Julian Fraser - PU
4. Mark Vanterpool - NDP
5. Too close to call (can go either way)
6. Alvera - NDP
7. Kedrick Pickering - PVIM
8. Marlon Penn - NDP
9. Vincent Wheatley - VIP
10. Myron Walwyn - NDP
11. Ronnie Skelton - PVIM
12. Up for grabs
13. Up for grabs
This will be an interesting election and many people are still undecided.
D2 - C
D3 - C
D4 - F (Con Man)
D5 -
D6 - C (Nice Lady but...)
D7 - F
D8 - C
D9 - Nincompoop
Doc - F
Wall-win - C (Would have been A but controversy)
Ron - D
Arch - Nincompoop
If not it's ok too cause "We are moving in one Direction; Forward"
Marlon.......8
Sowande...7
Alvera........6
Wayde ......5
Hodge.......4
Arlene ......3
Cordell .....2
Fahie........1
at large .. Decastro..Carvin....Ronnie..Myron..
VIP The next government ..
2...Turnbull
3...Fraser
4...Vanterpool
5...Rymer
6...Maduro-Caines
7...Pickering
8...Penn
9...Wheatley
At-Large - Walwyn......Underhill......Decastro........Skelton
Moreover, the BVI is a parliamentary/representative democracy and on 25 February 2019, Virgin Islanders will head to the polls to elect 13 members to represent them in the HOA and form a new government. Elections are generally held every 4 years. And though every election is important, this one is critical and has an urgency and importance to it. Why?
The territory needs a strong team with a steady hand to chart a new course and to set the compass to tackle and solve its myriad of problems, especially the problems resulting from the weather induced shocks, along with external legislative shocks imposed by the UK and EU. The shocks forced the ship of state aground. A new government role is to provide for the safety, health, education and personal well-being of residents, along with continuing the job of building a sustainable economy. The job of electing a new government falls squarely on the shoulders of registered voters. Every resident who is eligible to vote should register to vote and vote. There is a small pool of voters in each district and every vote matters and can make a diffrent.
Many Virgin Islanders have personally sacrificed for the right to vote and their fight should not be for nought. Here is an example of why every vote counts. Last November in Hoxie, Arkansas, USA, the vote count for a City Council seat ended in tie 223-223. But irony is that one candidate didn’t get a chance to vote. He lost by roll of the dice that broke the tie. It is time to put or s..t up. Vote.