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Hon O’Neal, Hon Fraser skip today’s HoA sitting

Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O'Neal OBE (R9) and Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Chairman Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) were not present at today's sitting. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two prominent members of the Opposition were today September 25, 2014 absent from the Tenth Sitting of Third Session of the Second House of Assembly.

Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O'Neal OBE (R9) and Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Chairman Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) were not present at today's sitting.

Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Ingrid A. Moses told the members at the commencement of the sitting that Honourable O'Neal was ill hence his absence. She announced too that Honourable Fraser was absent because of an unavoidable conflict of schedule.

Today's absence by the two Opposition Members continues the trend of the Opposition members selectively skipping sittings of the House of Assembly.

This was since the controversial closing of the Eighth Sitting of the Third Session of the Second House of Assembly where acting Speaker Honourable Delores Christopher adjourned the sitting sine die without a quorum on August 14, 2014.

So far Government  and the Speaker of the House of Assembly have ignored all of the arguments put forward by the Opposition on the reasons they considered the adjournment illegal. The Opposition's arguments were backed up by Erskine May Parliamentary Practice.

21 Responses to “Hon O’Neal, Hon Fraser skip today’s HoA sitting”

  • Kingfish (25/09/2014, 18:03) Like (34) Dislike (10) Reply
    Any elected official who is in the BVI { and is not ill} and does not show up for a sitting of the HOA should have their salary docked. They are being paid to represent the people of the BVI and should be at all sittings of the HOA. There should be no excuse for this kind of behavior.
    • nn (25/09/2014, 21:45) Like (21) Dislike (36) Reply
      Hust you ole hater ass you can't touch fraser and Ralph
    • Thing to talk (25/09/2014, 22:14) Like (12) Dislike (2) Reply
      Ralph was ill, fraser was out on business, andrew and alvin were silent but myron was up in virgin gorda campaigning all day.
    • dog (25/09/2014, 22:28) Like (7) Dislike (5) Reply
      agreed. this is so childish. What scheduling conflict takes precedent?
      • Valley (26/09/2014, 06:27) Like (7) Dislike (7) Reply
        Funny man could campaign all he want in VG and miss the HOA but we got a surprise for he…we notice he took down a bunch of names to get registered but dem all voting with VIP all the way
        • spanish town (26/09/2014, 12:17) Like (6) Dislike (9) Reply
          @ valley perhaps you and your family is voting VIP all the way but morogrity of Spanish town love the VIP exactly where they a opposition not in Government Hon Oneal an VIP sold VG to the expats so get your head together in the 3yrs Hon Walwyn been in council he have achieve more than our district reps 40yrs
          • @ spanish town (26/09/2014, 12:41) Like (12) Dislike (5) Reply
            If you call victimization of civil servants achievement, wasting government money and travel with not one report, frustrating teachers where some 10 of them call it a day, and using government funds for…&^&% if that is achievement then bring that to the voters boss, we wet our finger and waiting for you!
    • . (25/09/2014, 22:36) Like (8) Dislike (3) Reply
      And so the Speaker and the current government should flout the laws governing the HOA and no protest should be heard! You NDP's are really something.
    • ooooo (26/09/2014, 09:18) Like (11) Dislike (8) Reply
      the speaker and the minister were absent from the house (unxplained) a couple weeks ago (perhaps personal business too?)
  • egg face (25/09/2014, 18:28) Like (8) Dislike (6) Reply
    Tis but time thry get in dem boycott
  • speaker (25/09/2014, 18:49) Like (16) Dislike (5) Reply
    The speaker will soon be gone. She has proformed poorly. See will miss that job.
  • voter (25/09/2014, 20:15) Like (6) Dislike (4) Reply
    Not one of them was missing, actually fraiser still got bruise ribs from the last set of
    blose and ralph needs the rest.
  • Usher (25/09/2014, 21:22) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    I believe Uncle Ralphie was under the weather but I suspect others were too ashamed to attend.
    • @ Usher (26/09/2014, 06:31) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply

      Same thing I was thinking about M...n he need to never return to the house of Assembly

  • liat 521 (25/09/2014, 21:46) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    The speaker done explain this thing
  • xxxxxxxx (26/09/2014, 06:31) Like (9) Dislike (7) Reply
    Fraser will be the next Premier and that is a fact!!!!
  • Yes (26/09/2014, 06:50) Like (9) Dislike (5) Reply

    Uncle Ralph so ashamed how M...n dem has degrade the House of parliament even me would have taken ill with the thought of going there!

  • 1 (26/09/2014, 13:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    So is this the first time some one miss the hoa?
  • ------------------- (27/09/2014, 08:35) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    You see how fast they got out of the house of assembly on Thursday, it was because the two veterans and power house Fraser and Ralph was not there and that’s a fact BAM


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