OT Minister Hon David H. Rutley to visit Territory
Hon Rutley's agenda and purpose of the visit have not been made public.
The VI and the UK are at a tense and sensitive moment in its partnership, after a one-man Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommended that the VI be recolonised by suspension of its constitution where a one-man UK-appointed governor will have all the powers.
This move has been strongly condemned by other Overseas Territories, The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), the Caribbean Community, and the United Nations.
Power grab by former Governor
Just recently, former Governor John J. Rankin, CMG requested more powers to force bills on the people, such as the controversial Police Bill to allow UK police officers to go into homes without search warrants and do so whether or not the homes are occupied. In his quest for more power, former Governor Rankin had his eyes on the Immigration Department to allegedly give belonger status to whom he chose and force a gay marriage bill on the people.
Power is only to help with CoI recommendations- Rankin
However, the former Governor stated these allegations were not so, as the extra powers he sought would only be for the governor to enforce CoI recommendations. Mr Rankin left the Territory not fulfilling his own CoI obligations.
At a recent press conference, Opposition Member Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) blasted the former Governor. Hon Walwyn pointed out that now under the current constitutional arrangements, the governor already has the power to ensure that public officers carry out the CoI recommendations.
Information requested from Hon Rutley's London Office on his trip to the Territory was not forthcoming before publication time.
Our newsroom will bring more information as this story develops.
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44 Responses to “OT Minister Hon David H. Rutley to visit Territory”
1) The Governor is in charge of the prison and can pardon prisoners. There are no transparent process in this regard nor can anyone hold him accountable. In the last 20yrs the only persons pardon who were prisoners were two white people.
2) The Governor is in charge of the public service and he has failed the public service miserably in all areas but loves to throw the blame on elected officials.
3) The Governor ensured all public officers accused of corruption were 1st put on leave and then investigated but he allowed his white UK Commissioner of Police to remain on the job while being investigated. This is because of what all evil they have planned using the COI as a front.
4) During covid the Governor refused to help the BVI and left them on their own. It is in the latter part they beat their chest saying they brought vaccines to save the day. The COI was meant to belittle the good efforts of the BVI during covid.
5) The Governor said the COI was independent. Yet he wrote the terms of reference. He putt them to go after what he wanted them to go after and exempted other areas especially around him He put his fellow UK staff to assist the COI Commissioner. He hand picked the COI Commissioner in a non transparent manner. The COI lawyers practiced law in BVI illegally and got away with it. The COI was preauthored and prearranged. The list of unethical actions with the COI and its processes is long.
6) To this day the UK cannot state how one can become a Governor. To date there is not one black person as Governor. To date there is not one Caribbean person as Governor. Only in 2020 they appointed a woman as Governor.
7) To this date the Governor & UK cannot identify where one can go to research and find the clear path one can follow and apply if they want independence. Yet they are stipulating through the COI this kind of process be established in all of BVI affairs in government. This is called hypocrisy.
8) The Governor refuses to register his interest according to BVI law while working in the BVI stating he has already done so in the UK. He holds the same view for all UK officials working in BVI. Talk about hypocrisy.
9) The Governor already have the power over the public service to had second persons in the areas where he felt was falling behind with the 48 ill advised & unrealistic COI
recommendations. He did no such thing because he wants the BVI to fail so their plot can succeed. It is not about what is best for the people of the BVI, only what is best for the UK unjustified takeover plot.
10) The police force said they are cleaning up corruption in the force but this is only supported because the Commissioner is from the UK and it is a subject under the Governor. They are failing at it. Now they want more power.
11) The Governor & UK awarded less than 20 scholarships to study abroad or the UK in the last 20yrs.
12) The Governor gives the UK updates about what happens in the BVI but it is never made public so its validity can be tested. After all they have challenges with the truth.
To the UK Minister: When you truly care about people you develop them and empower them. Not try to take power from them and try to belittle them. The UK officials are no brighter than anyone else. They have no more nor less integrity than anyone else. They need to stop behaving as if they are more superior than others. It is wrong and racists.
These are the words of the Governor speaking to big grown people of the BVI as if they are as$E$. This is just like a man saying to a woman he will not have sex with her but allow him to only get his head in and nothing more. Governor stop taking the people of the BVI for fools.
not much some of can tell about the territory but of course fully entitled to your opinion
try not to forget that BVI a part of a Global Market
1) Take over Immigration: He wants to immediately give over 4000 of his kind status so they can out number the people of the BVI and then allow them to have a secondary take over plan.
2) Pass the new police act on his own: He wants to give the police unlimited powers to do many anti-democratic things such as but not limited to searching anyone's home without a warrant and do so on mere suspicion. Talk about making the BVI a police state where people will have no basic human nor democratic rights.
3) He wants to pass the Jury Act: Here is where he wants the cases to proceed without any jury to decided the cases but rather have the Judge themselves decide if you are guilty. Not only is this anti democratic but it represents dictatorship as all the UK will do next is flood the position of Judges with persons from the UK who have like minds as them against the locals and Caribbean people. It is another tier of their take over plan.
4) Powers to pass laws by himself without HOA: Here is where he wants to legalize same sex marriage. Here is where he wants to redefine who is a Virgin Islander.
5) The Governor want to implement the 48 recommendations from his bogus COI without the input and views of the people of the BVI who they are suppose to be helping they say and who they will be affecting. Which means they will be telling the people of the BVI and doing what they see and think is best for the people of the BVI but it is really about them controlling than helping. This should never be allowed.
I will stop there for now but people of the BVI these people have no good intention for us. They have no respect for our democracy and democratic rights. It is time to wake up and stand up for what is right and represents true democracy and not sit back and allow a wicked agenda by the Brits to get through.