Premier blasts Antigua-born Vere H.E. Browne for wanting UK to suspend VI’s constitution
Browne, a caller to the Morning Braff Show on Tola Radio VI this morning, January 8, 2024, insisted that Governor John J. Rankin, CMG should have had the Order actioned from the onset.
‘I support the Order in Council 1000%’- Vere H.E. Browne
“I support the Order in Council one thousand percent and; however, you dress it up and prap it up, and shut it up and tie it u... I, Vere Browne, support the Order in Council and the governor in my view erred, he should have already drop it on us.”
The former Chief Inspecter of the RVIPF, Mr Browne, based his position on his perceived failure of the government of the Virgin Islands to deliver. “We cannot be allowed to run by failure so, so why we allow our government to fail, a failed experiment, fail, fail, fail, and everybody come oh yeh give dem a.. look there will be a limitation to everything in life, there are consequences for actions.
“We have to open our eyes in this Virgin Islands and don’t allow emotional things to overcome us, the reality is reality. We have a failed experiment going on right now and they keep putting us against England … the governor should have dropped that Order in Council on us long time ago,” Mr Browne stated.
The Virgin Islands’ Belonger, who resides in the VI, Mr Browne insisted he is of the opinion that the territory would have been in a better position today had the UK suspended the VI’s constitution and imposed direct rule.
Browne’s views are ‘backward’- Premier
When taking to the airwaves via the same platform, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) took an unforgiving position against Mr Browne, who he said has come from an independent country, Antigua, to call for colonial rule on the VI.
“It was hurtful for me to hear it especially because this gentleman has come from a country which is independent.”
While noting that he is not putting locals against any person who would have come from other countries, “And I am not putting locals against persons from any other country and I am comforted by the fact that there are many other out there who have come from other places and they don’t share those backward views.”
‘We fall right into the trap’
“To have been able to achieve the advancement of becoming independent of colonialism and to come here in the Virgin Islands and say we must be subjected to colonialism I find very egregious and a matter I find very difficult for me to forgive even though I am a very forgiving person.”
Premier Wheatley advises, “I would encourage all persons who live here and persons who have come from wherever they have come from to support the basic human rights and it is a matter of human rights of the people of the Virgin Islands first and foremost.”
“We fall right into the trap which has been laid for us and has been used against peoples around the world for over 400 years.
Browne may have an agenda?
Mr Browne’s views may not come as a surprise to many as they may feel he has a personal axe to grind.
In 2010 he applied for the post of Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Virgin Islands but was not given the job.
He was; however, subsequently appointed Commissioner of Police in Antigua and Barbada but was fired in January 2015.
It is this news site’s understanding that when the post of Police Commissioner became vacant in the Virgin Islands Police Force in 2013, although the top cop in Antigua and Barbuda, Browne, who lived most of his professional and adult life in the Virgin Islands and maintained land and property here, had expressed an interest.
Browne is reportedly still interested in becoming Commissioner of Police in the Virgin Islands.
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Westerns have been playing the world like a fiddle... trying to rule the world with two standards of justice! This is why Africa is putting them out, Asia is sick of them, and why their economy will fall Hard! The whole world is finally waking up and realizing who they real are. The day of reckoning must come because of all they have done to the world. They truly believe that there is no God and that there is no punishment for centuries of sins against God and humanity.
Boris should have been placed under criminal investigation but instead he was removed from office to avoid additional scandals. This is why the UK is one of the worst corrupt nations of the world, their system has been fundamentally devised to ensure that their leaders 'especially the King' are never prosecuted for most of the crimes they commit.
They want to make sure that when they are ready to pack up and leave their Falling Babylon Kingdom the UK that they can run to our shores and receive the many privileges that we enjoy. They are trying to constitute laws that safeguards their citizens wellbeing. They have their plans...but God has His!
The Lord has given these lands to our ancestors and to us not the UK. Jesus will deal with our leaders accordingly and every leader of the world will understand that God rules this earth!
Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge. Romans 3:4
We need help and leadership, a blind man can see that.
We need it as the people we elected to run the territory can't do the job nor even stick to their word. It's not just through incompetence either. They willful don't follow through with the COI recommendations after they make a deal to. Constitution should have be suspended the day of the release of the COI. Instead the British are weak. They don't want to have to run the administration of the islands from London so they make a deal with our people to agree to fix da ting themselves. But they forget our people are known liars and crooks so it's just impossible for we to stick to our word.
Bring in the British. Only they can save us from ourselves.
Funny how a man from a formally colonized now independent country wants BVI to stay with the British. It's cause he saw how independence ruined his own lands and he knows that the only way to save the BVI is to bring back the British.
UK would treat us all fairly and help develop the place rather than steal all the money from the government for themselves and let their sons and nephews run drugs unimpeded.
We need help. UK. Please hear our call!
Let’s analyze what is about to happened, all the heads of institutions will be govern by one group of people.
All the institutions main characters will be that specific group of people
Curfews will become a way f living
The police will have the upper hands of the boys
The silliness that is going on will be over taken by one group of people. It’s like mama says you take my Johnny cake I will have to fight for it .
Policy, procedures and laws will become a thing of the pass. It will be new people running the show and most won’t like it. Those in management positions will wish again to experience those pay checks where they can buy as they pleased.
No one will fix anything to give it back to you so you can messed it up again.
The trust is broken. And change about to come.
mind because they know you think that you are something that you aren't / but you could be a ( psycho ) that ain't flip out yet ???? ???? ????
The matter at hand I cannot see why someone whose country enjoys the privileges of being independent would like another country to have their constitution suspended. The Governor has the power to remove the Commissioner of Police from office to investigate the matter of the leaked email. That matter has been around for about 3 months, why did he not exercise his power? If the Governor has not exercised his power to remove his friend (Mark Collins) but asking for extra powers for COI recommendations when he dishonestly misled the public in unacceptable.
I will never support the suspension of any constitution. Vere Browne got it wrong this time,
Mr Premier, be very careful. There are some within your very own elected government that want the UK to take over. Do you know that? Impossible, you’ll respond. But, have you asked yourself why your government is failing? Everything is in a shambles, your ministers not getting anything done?
We need help and need it now. This administration can’t get the job done.
. The premier has no business With tola radio, does no business With tola radio but runs to Tola radio whenever he is in trouble...'Cindy is his match'. Heritage has change is. Now his business and his m$oney come first. Not good governance and the People why we leve and supported him
The question of the day..where were you born sir? I think you need to go back to your Country!!! and continue to make your contributions there!!!
If we don’t get rid of this ignorant thinking we have here as a people
We will never move from this