Hon Skelton seeking contract with Gov't; Moves not to vacate seat!
In keeping with this, today Tuesday, July 2, 2024, there will be a sitting of the HoA where Leader of the Opposition Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) will be seeking to do business with the Government of the Virgin Islands via a contract renewal. The original contract took place before Honourable Skelton returned to office in 2023.
Hon Skelton's interest in contract
The Government of the Virgin Islands is seeking to renew renting one of the many spaces at Skelton Properties Ltd., located in Fish Bay, Tortola where Hon Skelton is a Director and CEO. The company, according to the resolution sponsored by Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), provides real estate and related services.
The purpose of the permission that Hon Skelton seeks is in keeping with ensuring that he is not forced to vacate his seat in the HoA as stated in section 67(3)(e) of the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, which provides that subject to subsection (7) which says that an “elected member of the House of Assembly shall vacate his or her seat if the member becomes a party to a contract with the Government of the Virgin Islands for or on account of the public service, or if any firm in which the member is or becomes a partner, or a company of which the member is or becomes a director or manager becomes a party to a contract with the Government of the Virgin Islands.”
However, like other Members in the past, Hon Skelton came to the HoA as a well-established businessman and members are expected, as is customary, to vote unanimously to exempt the Leader of the Opposition in keeping with section 67(7) of the constitution.
When was the renewal signed?
The details of the contract stated that the Government of the Virgin Islands entered into a Contract with the Company, through Skelton Baylot Limited, on the 6th day of August, 2020 for the rental of a portion of warehouse premises at Building #12, for the sum of thirty- six thousand dollars ($36,000.00) per month for a period of 2 years in the first instance, and the Government of the Virgin Islands is now seeking an extension of that contract;
The Resolution stated that “WHEREAS by virtue of being a Director and CEO of Skelton Properties Limited, the Hon member has an interest in the contract with the Company as aforesaid; WHEREAS this Resolution discloses to the House of Assembly the offer made and the contract signed with the Government of the Virgin Islands and the interest of the Hon member in the offer and contract by virtue of being a Director and CEO of the Company and his company’s desire to continue to provide these services.”
It is unclear when the contract renewal was signed and the square footage of the space.
The Premier and Minister of Finance has requested that Hon Skelton via Resolution be exempt from vacating his seat in the HoA. While in some quarters having a sitting Legislator doing business with the Government of the day is controversial, it is to be noted that Hon Skelton is doing nothing wrong or illegal and the HoA is complying with the laws of the Virgin Islands by exempting the Member.
Today will mark the Thirteen Sitting of the First Session of the Firth HoA.
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44 Responses to “Hon Skelton seeking contract with Gov't; Moves not to vacate seat!”
You all want to know why Andrew Ro**n*e and the rest move how they move. Corruption is like breathing air in the BVI. 36K a month? LOLOLOL
Lord help us all!
Rent space for data not this foolishness. If we took all the money stripped it bare and rebuilt the system there would obviously be enough to go around, not one time but continually, equally & give us all a little universal income. THEY continue to aspire to build monuments while the people monitor the price of groceries as they are cashed.
Fund proper social services, free food outlets. Free experience for the endless stream of culinary students.
Make our life safer, easier & maintain our dignity. That is all you need to do. Do not make us stumble over obstacles.
Taking and wasting the money and acting like normal people arent succeeding because they dont work hard enough is an obstacle. Guess why there are so many scooters.
Public transportation. Sponsor those who provide those services, they can upgrade. Do not put them out of business but help them to stay in. Pay their bill that we can have service.
Place sidewalks island wide.
Go around to the businesses that you see making life easier for us and give them a boost its called a subsidy or lets call it a boon because the well placed people are getting their boons.
Government wants everything under their control and for themselves. The cannabis bill confined growing to government lands, politicians said the farmers would get 5%, very lucrative.
Raise the standard and help those in need. We dont need Britain to do this we need old time people out and put some young people in. If you need to be 35 to enter that is too old. This world is moving too fast for these old men.
In other countries someone would be stepping down over the rental prices. To think people are working so hard getting so little and some politician just bureaucates their way into 36k a month for you and your family. Wow. And then they say eh maybe we will raise minimum wage... but not yet. The problem with many job is they take your dignity for money but the money isnt much.
The public has land too were can we sign up? Are the spots already filled? Exactly.
These man all in it together
Taking the tax dollar smart
and yall moomoo still think these people have our best interest in mind??
While your living pay check to pay check trying to make ends meet as cost of living increase with no price control.
them out here banking on your hard earned tax money while you slave away trying to take of yourself and family.
Same government that finding it hard to raise minimum wage.
same government that find it hard to keep the roads fixed while your car bruk up on it and left with a bill
same government that find it hard to do a proper price control
all of them are benefiting from this. Don't matter who voted in
Can you support you opposition knowing that whoever is in is feeding them fat stacks of cash for rent?
Why do you think government don't wanna build buildings to conduct their services to the public? They're renting off each other!
Yall got money to fund each other that why!
we got 36k in rent to be giving out check!
we got money to travel around the world check!
but we don't have money to invest in lasting proper roads...
we don't got money to invest in infrastructure to reduce recurring expense
we don't got money to invest in a better drain system for flooding.
no wonder the place look like a 3rd world country despite having the US Dollar at our disposal. Can you imagine how we would look if we went independent and had EC instead? some of those countries using EC looking better than us wtff
setta con artist
Premier $$$$$ in Music Fake
Deputy premier $$$$$ traveling to made in China
leader of the opposition $$$$ renting a little 2x4 space for 36.000, wow,, is a free for all??
I wonder if His Excellency the Governor is taking notes…
Only now you all realize that they filling each other pockets??
We had Hon Lorna to ^&%$l when she went with the VIP to form the,sitting Goverment.But I know if Ronnie had gotten in there wouldve not been much a difference either!
SKELTONS BUSINESSES COMES FIRST PEOPLE!!
COUNTRY AFTER!!
That’s why the government should get their @$% out of our 2 - 2 storey warehouse buildings and get back in the Admin Complex. They renting for cheap as we get more per square foot in the private sector.
But you all are quick to forget why they’re in the buildings! IT, Inland Revenue and Trade begged for these spaces because they needed to get out the Admin complex and continue to serve the public.
So we urge the public to pressure Gov to get BACK in the Complex so that we can get our tenants the space they only were to use for two years. How about that!??