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HoA ‘dropped the ball’ with no special sitting for late Queen- Hon Fraser
“As the rest of the world mourns, we here in the Virgin Islands mourn as well. This Honourable House for some reason has dropped the ball, because we should have had a special sitting for tributes as a House of Assembly to the Queen on her passing,” he said during the continuation of the Sixth Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth House of Assembly at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola today, September 20, 2022.
Condolences to the Royal Family - Hon Fraser
Hon Fraser added, “I wish to extend condolences to the family, the Royal Family, like everyone else. After all, Madam Speaker, the Constitution says there shall be a legislature and it started with the Queen, that will change to the King,” he added.
Hon Fraser further told the House that the death of the Queen will now change a lot of things in the Virgin Islands.
“It only hit me when I learned that the lawyers that I got so used to being called QC’s have to now be KC’s, and I’m like really?” he said.
Hon Fraser said as Leader of the Opposition, he too will no longer be leading Her’s Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, but rather, His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.
HoA should pay special homage - Hon Fraser
“So it means that indeed, we should pay special homage to the monarch. Madam Speaker, imagine 70 years, that's more years than a whole lot of people in the Virgin Islands have been on this earth, and it's more years than few people in the Virgin Islands have been on the earth and for all those 70 years, Madam Speaker, you can remember Her Majesty the Queen.
“If you live to be 96 and served for 70 of those 96 years, you can have absolutely no regrets. You could only be referred to as a success,” he added.
Members of the House also paid tributes to the late former legislator Cyril Lewis Walters.
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26 Responses to “HoA ‘dropped the ball’ with no special sitting for late Queen- Hon Fraser”
WE ARE NOT MOURNING!!! How many people here really care about losing one of our enslaving colonizers? A person along with her elders who enslaved us to gain their wealth. I guess the people here have to be KISS @$$#$ to stay in POLITRICKS. Very disappointed in Fraser whom I thought had more b@lls than that. He would have been better off not saying anything at all. WOW!
So, in the end the Brits sort of decided that instead of blaming everyone else for all the ills of their country they’d better just go ahead and look forwards, not backwards. It worked out OK for their little island, so why don’t we try it?!
Fraser I am with you . I know your reason for not liking the Queen but I think you realize the impact she had on the world and the many good things that she have done for her country the people that were in her circle( such as the people that work for her) and her family. The queen lived a life well lived and I think we should honor that. Speaking up when something is wrong speak volumes. It just show that you Fraser is the bigger person . I applaud you !
They need to do a special sitting for the amount of money that was stolen during time in Gov and how much contracts given to family without any work being done.