Rajah A. Smith seeking candidacy on VIP list
This is Mr Rajah A. Smith who originally hails from the sister island of Jost van Dyke but has over the years become a familiar personality especially on Tortola having been recognised as a young man who has the tenacity to face challenges head on and to step forward as a leader in many regards.
“I am ready for this but I am doing this under the VIP because I grew up under the VIP. For me the VIP is a family around me and I have had most of my mentoring under the VIP so yes I am diehard for the VIP,” he told this news site during an interview yesterday January 11, 2015.
Mr Smith said that while at this stage he would not say very much he is following the constitution of the VIP, which says that one must be elected at congress to make the party’s list of candidates that goes in for elections at the national level.
Asked what position he would be seeking should congress find favour with him, Mr Smith said while he hails from Jost van Dyke and during his earlier years had always wanted to be the representative for the district under which Jost Van Dyke falls, “I am thinking differently now that I am more mature in this thing. I would be happy to be the representative of Jost van Dyke but have a heart for the territory and wants to serve in a capacity that would allow me to reach out and to represent as many as I possibly can, so my eyes are currently on becoming At-Large,” said Mr Smith.
“It does not matter which district. What I can do for Jost van Dyke I can do for any other district of this territory but the first thing that matters at the moment is further strengthening my support base, most importantly among the people who are eligible to vote at the level of the VIP congress. I know I have strong backings,” he noted.
The young entrepreneur, who has the interest of especially youth at heart, vividly recalled a very prominent member of society telling some years ago that he has what it takes to become a good leader of this territory. “I don’t want to mention that person’s name at this stage but they had said to me that I am the future of the VIP and those words were said many years ago and I held on to it and fashioned my life in such a way that today that prophecy is so close to becoming a reality.”
Mr Rajah A. Smith said that while he is very optimistic about making the VIP’s list but if for some reason or the other he doesn’t he will continue to be a strong supporter of the VIP and would continue to dedicate his energies towards helping push the party to victory come elections day and beyond.
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43 Responses to “Rajah A. Smith seeking candidacy on VIP list”
too much of a y** man for vip .
good goin NDP will win with a land slide.
I know common sense runs things but our representatives in this day and age must have the capacity/ability to understand and handle domestic and international matters on behalf of the Territory.
Let him run. Run Rajah Run the VIP to the ground you and.....
See Raja at BVI London Office representing us before an international delegation on matters of International Relations!!
If you had a choice between Deloris, Myron, and Alvera representing you at the London office or overseas and Rajah who will you choose????Rajah hands down for sure take that to the treasury boss
Take time to develop it is not an over night quick fix.
does he have an education to understand the global issues?
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