‘NDP left over $20M in lawsuits behind!’- Premier tells Opposition Leader
This came after Hon Penn during his presentation on the budget debate on December 15, 2021, boasted that the NDP government were the ones who negotiated a $65 million loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in use by the Fahie administration.
This he said was being used by the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government through the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) to do major projects around the territory. These projects include road repairs and expansion, construction of reservoirs, and repairs to the infrastructure.
Responding to the Opposition Leader, Hon Fahie fired back and reminded Hon Penn that the VIP Government also inherited lawsuits.
“Mr Speaker we are not those who come to the budget debate and only want to remember the good parts that they have brought forward like the $65million loan, but do not remember the many lawsuits they left behind for us to pay totaling over $20 million.”
Stop listening to negative talk - Hon Fahie to VI
Premier said his administration ‘brings the balance” and he encouraged VI residents to “stop listening to the many doom and gloom stories.”
“It is very easy to gravitate towards negativity and aspersions on people’s character; it’s easy, you just get up and say what you heard or what somebody tells you, but it is more difficult to prepare people for the future and to stay positive at all times.”
“Mr Speaker that is why sometimes, some in the Opposition phrase it that when I speak, I speak to try to mamaguyed as we say in our villages or try to get by with our people. It is not a matter of that Mr Speaker it is a matter that we all have 24 hours in a day and words have power,” he said.
The Premier noted that no matter how bad a situation is, legislators must always give encouraging words to the people of the territory.
“Keep moving forward to make things better and stop concentrating on the areas that make us bitter,” he further added.
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26 Responses to “‘NDP left over $20M in lawsuits behind!’- Premier tells Opposition Leader”
Smh, we still on these type of things?
Stop with this petty foolishness. We aren't dumb
while growing up vi people were the boat builders; fish pot makers; sailers; farmers; boat captains fishermen, home builders
governments back then made sure roads were developed so our people were able to move from village to village...looked out for the development of people & country
fast forward to 2021
what went wrong
to see them.Put them out so the people can
see.You do not blame someone without
proof.Dont just run your mouth because you
can.As a BVIslander in the united states for such a small country we have become worse
that the united states , thats why their covid
deaths were so high.I am now talking to you
all politicians stop the bickering and trying to fool and decieve the people for political gain and come togher for the good of the bvi.
We will give VIP another term so we can get the extension of the runway.
Let's be fair to the present government.
They have done more development in their short time at the control than what we got form the NDP is their last 8 years.