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NDP caused UK to infringe on rights of Territory – Skelton-Cline
Right on the heels of him hitting back at Hon Walwyn over some comments made about he Skelton-Cline ‘frothing at the month,’ the Pastor and ZBVI host is saying that the NDP government has directly caused the United Kingdom (UK) to infringe upon the constitution and other rights of the territory.
“Nevermore has the United Kingdom infringed upon constitutional and other rights of the BVI as it is now, never more have they been more involved as they are now,” he said on the Tuesday, January 29, 2019, edition of his radio show.
He continued, “And it is a direct result of the National Democratic Party government that [has] been sitting in power for almost 8 years now… there are more UK persons here with more authority and more decisions being directed, that we have had in the last 40 years,” Mr Skelton-Cline uttered.
According to the man of the cloth, “There has been a complete breach of the public’s trust, a complete breakdown of good governance, a lack of transparency, a lack of accountability to divide and conquer in this territory.”
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“They think that this is just politics as usual, and people are playing with them and that this is a game… our lives are at stake,” he warned.
Mr Skelton-Cline further said that the RDA—which many consider an alternative government set up by the UK—is here because the overarching powers cannot trust the Dr Smith led NDP 1 government to manage the territory’s affairs and recovery efforts.
“The Recovery and Development Agency is not simply here because of what happened at Irma, the Recovery and Development Agency is here because of the poor financial stewardship of this National Democratic Party Government,” he said.
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14 Responses to “NDP caused UK to infringe on rights of Territory – Skelton-Cline ”
I would vote VIP but I am really worried about the association between the VIP and Skelton Cline. Why does Mr Fahie allow Skelton Cline to share a platform - it would be much easier to vote for the VIP if they ditched Skelton Cline.
Has Skeletons cline forgotton what happened on his watch? And then he was ignorant enough to claim that his contract should have been renewed.
We are not playing this election 2019.
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