‘Justify snap elections or I not voting NDP’ – Rudolph E. George
“I tell you Dr Smith is my very good friend, we are friends but I need him to explain to me why call snap elections, we put them in there to serve us for four years not three and a half so what was the rush, why call a snap elections?” asked the businessman.
“I’ll tell him straight and seriously, if he can’t give me good reasons I will not be voting for the NDP, I will not, he is my friend but I will not be voting for him,” said Mr George in an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online.
NDP has failed JVD
According to Mr George, there are a number of issues that the current government has failed to address especially when it comes to dealing with matter on the sister islands. “And we keep raising those issues with them and not getting anywhere, this has to stop.”
Of the many issues that are of serious concerns to residents of Jost Van Dyke and in particular Mr George, as he is directly affected, is the execution of projects on the island. He alluded to the works being done to the cemetery wall which is in very close proximity to his business place. He alleged that the contract was awarded to someone who resides on Tortola and that individual has been making a mess of the project, leaving the area in an unsightly state.
“And it’s a very straight forward simple project…any of the contractors out there could do it. All the contractors on Jost Van Dyke sitting there with no jobs, no contract yet they have to go bring someone all the way from Tortola.”
Contractor a JVD ‘native’- Hon Christian
He said this concern was raised with the Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool and At-Large representative Honourable Archibald C. Christian and while this news site was unsuccessful to confirm with Hon Vanterpool, Hon Christian in an interview with this news site defended the issuing of the contract.
“The conversation I had with Rudy George was in respect to somebody residing on Tortola, coming to Jost Van Dyke and getting work. My position is that the person that resides on Tortola is a native from Jost Van Dyke and living and residing in Tortola. And so you cannot remove somebody from Jost Van Dyke from getting contract in Jost Van Dyke and that’s where Rudy and I differ,” said Hon Christian.
Hon Christian defended his government’s awarding of the contract, saying that the contractor has also been employing residents of Jost Van Dyke. “And the same contractor from Jost Van Dyke that lives on Tortola has been engaging youngsters on Jost Van Dyke to do work as well. So I think the problem is that we have a difference of opinion in where you reside versus where you should be working.”
‘Snap election’ catches ‘Cannon’ Fahie unprepared to contest
The NDP government calling a snap election has left not only Mr George seeking answers but several others, including members of those contesting the elections and those caught off guard and who feel jilted as a result.
One person who feels the call of a snap election has blocked him from the opportunity of contesting is Mr David ‘Cannon’ Fahie.
Speaking briefly with this news site yesterday May 12, 2015, Mr Fahie who had announced his intentions to contest the 2011 general elections but subsequently dropped out of the race, said the snap elections caught him of guard. “Well we only got a couple of days now, I don’t have any time to work with, is like a snap election they calling, they aint giving nobody time to prepare themselves and that’s the main reason why I didn’t put myself up.”
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59 Responses to “‘Justify snap elections or I not voting NDP’ – Rudolph E. George”
I agree!!! I would be laughing at the NDP id**ts when theys get voted out. You don't do that to your people testing their intelligence and ayo believe you doing good with a 3 months work trick.
Kick ayo a$$3$ out.
Wikipedia: A snap election is an election called earlier than expected. Generally it refers to an election in a parliamentary system called when not required (either by law or convention), usually to capitalize on a unique electoral opportunity or to decide a pressing issue.
While they done sell out our beaches, fooled ppl bout the getting land....corruption!!!!!
NDP out VIP In that makes a lot of sense.
Just like your grammer, your comment makes no sense. The representative for the second district had no ministerial power for the past 3 and a half years so where was he supposed to get money from to help Jost Van Dyke or any other part of district 2?
We had four at large representatives, three of whom held ministerial posts and none saw fit to help districts 1, 2 and 3 just because our reps were on the opposition and now we are supposed to cast all the blame on our reps and vote for these same persons who treated us like we didn't exist? I beg them all 'go sit down'! To use their own slang, "Da mek sense?"
But come June 8th, its our turn to do the starving.
#NotOneVote
So the average person would be paying Tax +Social Security +NHI +your own insurance premium. The average salary cannot sustain this.
8/10 BVIslanders have insurance and adequate coverage, most provided through their employers.
I implore BVIslanders to take a look at what is covered under the NHI, described as insurance. For example most procedures are subject to be approved by a “board” and everybody knows how that works in the BVI. “Who you know” or “Who you fa” would be the deciding factor.
The BVI population is too small to sustain the NHI as proposed, and my biggest problem with the government of the day is that, the “Snap election” was called to hide this fact. Notice how they are not even mentioning the NHI during any one of their campaigns.
Their plans are to have the election NOW, in hopes of winning, then come January force this on the people. They couldn’t do it before the election, because they know for a fact most people don’t want it, they can’t properly justify it, and no one would vote for a government that just implemented an “unnecessary” tax on its people when cost of living in the BVI is already so high.
Only the selected “few” would not be affected by this NHI tax it will crush the small man.
The Premier already said why they called the snap elections. I guess Rudy wasn't listening. But by not knowing why the snap elections are called, is that enough not to view for your so called friend? We all know Rudy is a VIP. Give us a break and be real!
As for Cannon REALLY? Go sit down! Oh but wait if you sit down it will take forever for you to get up again!
Who the h*** is Rudy? He need to go back JVD instead of wanting to feel important. His vote for the NDP will NOT matter.