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Hon Kye M. Rymer is Acting Premier & Minister of Finance

- as both Premier & Deputy Premier away on duty travel
Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) is acting as Premier and Minister of Finance from September 7 to September 14, 2024. Photo: GIS/File
Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), left, and Deputy Premier Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL), right, are out of the territory on duty travel. Photo: GIS/File
Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), left, and Deputy Premier Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL), right, are out of the territory on duty travel. Photo: GIS/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) is the man temporarily steering the ship of the Virgin Islands, as both Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and the Deputy Premier, Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL), are on duty travel.

Honourable Rymer is acting as Premier and Minister of Finance from September 7 to September 14, 2024.

Honourable Rymer's appointment is in accordance with the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007, Section 55 (2), which states, “If both the Premier and the Deputy Premier are expected to be absent from the Virgin Islands for more than forty-eight hours, the Governor shall authorise another Minister designated by the Premier to perform the functions of the office of Premier; and the Governor shall revoke this authority on the return to the Virgin Islands of either the Premier or the Deputy Premier.”

High-level bilateral meetings in UK

Premier Wheatley is currently leading a delegation to the United Kingdom. The delegation includes the Deputy Premier as well as Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL).

The delegation will attend high-level bilateral meetings with the new Government of the United Kingdom.

Premier Wheatley is expected to petition UK Overseas Territories Minister Stephen J. Doughty, MP to remove the controversial Order in Council to suspend the VI Constitution.

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