‘I am standing in the way’ of Opposition achieving dreams for power- Premier
According to the Premier, at least four of them want to achieve their life-long dream of becoming premier and another one wants badly to be deputy premier and that he [Dr Wheatley] is standing in their way.
‘Their goal is to win power’- Premier
“I am standing in the way of them achieving their lifelong dreams. They don’t care what they have to do to take me down. But what [Jamaican artiste] Sizzla say? ‘You can’t keep a good man down’. With God by my side I am solid as a rock,” Dr Wheatley stated while being interviewed on the International Morning Braff show on Tola Radio VI by host Floyd Burnett aka ‘Heritage’ today, November 2, 2023.
Dr Wheatley did not hold back his personal opinion when he stated that Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) and Hons Marlon A. Penn (R8), Myron V. Walwyn (R6) and Julian Fraser RA (R3) are only desirous of becoming Premier of the Virgin Islands. He added that Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) wants to be the Deputy Premier.
“Their goal is to win power. So make no mistake about it. When they are in Government they support something. When they are in the Opposition, the same thing they used to support they against. What’s the reason? Because they looking for power. Each and every single one of them in the Opposition. I could name them out,” Premier Wheatley stated, although he did not mention first-termer and Deputy Speaker Hon Stacy Mather.
The Opposition, led by Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL), had walked out of the Fifth Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth HoA on October 31, 2023, after it lost a vote on a motion moved by the government side for the reordering of the Order Paper to have the lengthy Questions & Answer Segment pushed back to the end of the proceedings to allow public servants more time to get the answers.
‘I’ll bring the video’ to expose Opposition’s hypocrisy- Premier
According to Premier Wheatley, when the National Democratic Party (NDP) was in power it reordered the Order Paper all the time. The members then included Hons Skelton, Penn, Walwyn and Turnbull.
“The exact same thing they are complaining about now they would do. All of them would vote in favour of reordering the Order Paper.
“And look, if I have to, if I’m forced to, I’ll bring the video for it…and I will make sure the camera zooms up on all of them faces when them saying aye! Each one of them with their hypocritical selves voted to reorder the Order Paper,” Dr Wheatley stated.
‘They want to make the Government look bad’
The Premier added that he is not interested in politics, but in getting the work of the people done.
“I am going to do what I have to do, Heritage, and when election day comes the people will decide. And whatever the people decide I will accept as God’s will for my life. I will do the best that I can while I’m here. I will take whatever criticism, I will take whatever cuss, and thank God for the people who pray for me and who encourage me and give me advice, in terms of how I can improve in my position.
“I am not interested in shenanigans; I’m not interested in persons having press conferences so they can mislead the public. Part of what they doing is they want to make the Government look bad and some of them already talking of calling for a vote of no confidence,” Dr Wheatley stated.
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32 Responses to “‘I am standing in the way’ of Opposition achieving dreams for power- Premier”
The fact that you felt the need to attack others or defend yourself shows your inability to be a leader.
How did you ever become premier, what a waste of 4 years.
Moreover, the Opposition is reeling from the jumping ship of one of its members, allowing the VIP to form the government. IMO, it was/is the Opposition’s greed, ego, selfishness, etc., why it is out in pasture stewing about what happened and why. Indeed, many of the Opposition members have dreams of becoming Premier. A few may have seen the early results of the April 24 General Election as their last opportunity to become Premier. Consequently, seeing their last supposed opportunity to become Premier slipping away, they dugged in to not yielding and compromising to let snother do. It seems they prefer to let the ship sink rather than pitch in to help keep it afloat. This attitude and behaviour allowed one of its members to jump ship to the other side, oyher side. Now, it seems as if the Opposition is going all out to see if the government can collapse under its own weight, giving them another bite at the apple. If this were to happen who will be the Premier and Deputy Premier?
Moreover, the Premier, any Premier, must worked diligently and robustly for the interest of the people and should not become prisoner of the Opposition shiny object(s) over here or over there. The Premier cannot let himself be swiftboated but also cannot be chasing every opposition shiny object(s). The Premier, any Premier, must use his/her political skill and acumen to decide what shiny object to chase. Chasing the Opposition walkout, should have stand on its own, for that the Opposition choice/stunt . . True, they should not be rewarded for it ; the HoA continued with its business. On the other hand, once the order paper is set for the HoA agenda, it should not be changed willy nilly because one has the power to do so. It should be for some substantial reason(s), not for administrative political convenience. A golden rule in politics is when your competitor or opposition is digging themselves a hole don’t stop them, let them continue. digging.
If he want power Hungry then why he didn’t let Frazer be a premier and he be the Deputy? Or Skelton be Premier Abe he be Deputy.
These people really take the public for fools dread! Opposition doing their job. Maybe Slowande should try to actually do his job as Premier and have some balls to make decisions that actually matters!