Rosan-Jones calls on Gov’t workers to ‘sick-out’
The call was made on November 8, 2021, via a number of posters circulating on Facebook and comes as the talk-show host has been engaging in making disrespectful comments against members of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, including Deputy Premier and Education Minister, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
Upholding the laws of the VI
Rosan-Jones in a Facebook post of November 8, 2021, said, “It is unfortunate that we are at this point in our history, but it is necessary. Upholding rule of law is the most important element of keeping a nation from falling into anarchy. We cannot allow our leaders to use our highest office, to take us there,” she said.
Part of the mission of the series of anti-government marches organised by the talk-show host spanning November 18, 19, and 22, 2021, is to propose that HoA Speaker Hon Willock pay some $120,000 in court feeds in his personal capacity, over a court matter that was taken to the courts in his professional capacity as Speaker of the House.
The Speaker and his Deputy had filed the injunction against three Commission of Inquiry (CoI) lawyers, Bilal M. Rawat, Andrew King, and Rhea Harrikissoon, who were accused of breaking VI laws by practicing law in the territory while not being called to the Virgin Islands Bar- a violation of the Legal Profession Act 2015- while carrying out a good governance probe.
Trio still applied to be admitted to bar
It should be noted that three had applied to be admitted to the bar after the discovery of their alleged breach; however, the Speaker moved to block it on the basis that they had already allegedly broken the law.
The case, however, has failed because it was not backed by the Attorney General in what the Speaker said was ‘misleading’; however, the court is to still decide if the three had broken the law.
Justice Jack then ruled that Hon Willock pay the legal fees out of his own pocket.
Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has since moved a motion that was passed for the matter to be sent to a Special Committee of the House to be decided upon, based on three possible outcomes, who should pay the fee.
However, Rosan-Jones as part of her protest had also called on Speaker Willock to resign over the lawsuit, but it remains unclear what wrongdoings Hon Willock has committed to warrant such extreme measure.
Motives of Rosan-Jones unknown
One social commentator speaking to VINO on condition of anonymity said Rosan-Jones is a hypocrite for calling the protest on the lawsuit done in good faith, which becomes even more logic-defying given millions of dollars had been wasted under the previous administration in silence by the same individual.
“Here she is calling a march on the Government and Speaker for defending the territory’s laws, while she sat silent all the years while $7.2M disappeared into thin air with the BVI Airways Deal, a $40M cost overrun was incurred on the TPP project, and several more millions more were extended or sewage works that we never completed under the NDP,” they said.
Talkshow host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline on November 3, 2021, said the Speaker had a right to take up the case in court to defend the territory and its laws and could not have taken the case to court in his personal capacity.
“If the legislature, if the House of Assembly, and the Speaker of the house… as the fiduciary, if they in their posts do not and cannot and or will not ensure that our laws, our institution, our constitution, the principles that undergird all of that, are hold strong, then tell me who else can, or who else will, or who should have?” he questioned.
Cindy using protests for personal agenda?
Persons have criticised Rosan-Jones for riding the waves of disgruntlement to forward her personal agenda.
Rosan-Jones who has made her hate for the elected representatives known publicly, was made redundant as an employee of the BVI Tourist Board and Film Commission in December 2020 and has since had a strong grievance with the government who she has blamed for losing her job, despite the Tourist Board being a statutory body.
She has since publicly vowed to get the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government out of power by all means necessary, including by force.
She recently said she was looking at how she could get the HoA dissolved.
Further, Rosan-Jones has long been a strong critic of Virgin Islands News Online and has in the past unsuccessfully called for businesses to boycott the news site.
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31 Responses to “Rosan-Jones calls on Gov’t workers to ‘sick-out’”
I still can’t understand why you all giving this cr**y girl so much ink
My understanding of the word "sick-out" means that you are sick, that why you will not come out to work.
If any Government worker in the BVI do not show up to work, because of Cindy's grelivances, in my opinion, they show not be paid for two week's pay, strictly warned, and if accured again, they should be fired immediately from their job or jobs
It is not wise to accept advice mentally, and carry out physicàlly, from any person or persons that think and talk irrationality, only stupid people do.
You tell us. We want to hear, Cracker J?
At a time when our economy is trying to re-boot, who in their right mind would suggest such a thing, especially not having penned any sort of correspondence/complaint to the FCO regarding the matter. Our actions must be geared toward specific outcomes. A sick out only hurts the COMMUNITY!
Remembering years ago when a call was made for expat workers to do the same regarding their working conditions, minimum wage, and essentially indentured servitude. No one could find the courage to show their face for fear of being victimized.
Same Game. Different Day. Different Demographic. Same Result.
Nothing will change until those envelopes and petty contracts stop changing hands. Until, political alliance is about integrity rather than family history or contacts given.
AT THIS TIME ,EVEN THOUGH ITS A POSITIVE IDEA , THOSE IN THE RIGHT POSITION IN THE LAND ARE PLAYING THE
SILENCE GAME FOR WHATEVER REASONS , BUT WHATS IN DARKNESS WILL COME TO LIGHT
Why someone don't ly***** this @#$%& house slave? Cindy... This not the time for ur movement right now wen the real enemy is also on our back ...ur fight should be a in house issue ...not with the same means as the UK ..u going kill your own children future ...go sit down