The BVI has for years suffered corruption & allegations of corruption- Ex-UK police officer
Scathing review
Mr Cooke, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, made the scathing allegations in his report, ‘The British Virgin Islands: volume one A review of law enforcement and criminal justice bodies in the British Virgin Islands’.
“The BVI has for years suffered corruption and allegations of corruption by, or directed towards, some who hold public office. The Commission of Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom, was set up to examine whether there was evidence of such corruption or abuse of public office, Mr Cooke wrote.
Mr Cooke, a UK national, also said the CoI report outlined that: “Almost everywhere, the principles of good governance, such as openness and transparency and even the rule of law, are ignored… The elected officials are well aware of this chronic lack of governance.”
Many have argued such findings do not mean there was corruption, even though it could give way to corrupt practices.
Leadership needed to improve- Andy J. Cooke
According to Mr Cooke, the first of two volumes focuses on those immediate problems, which may be addressed quickly and have the greatest positive effect on outcomes for the public in the short term.
“Often it was the processes and procedures across the public sector and how they were applied that had a negative effect on law enforcement and criminal justice bodies. These included how funding and recruitment operated, how the most basic goods and service had to be procured and how decisions were reached and applied.
“We also found that leadership in some of the organisations we reviewed needed to improve.,” Mr Cooke stated.
He also said inefficient and ineffective practices, which lack any true accountability and meaningful measures to monitor how well an organisation is performing, undermine the quality of services provided to the public. “The lack of these basic governance principles also creates the conditions where corrupt practices can develop. We have little confidence in any of the performance management systems that we found, which should monitor and make sure individuals, teams and organisations are operating effectively and with integrity.”
‘Serious failings found’
Mr Cooke said during the review, serious failings in law enforcement and criminal justice bodies were found. He said in some cases, these were so serious as to endanger the lives of staff and the public.
“The problems we found weren’t simply the responsibility of current senior leaders. Often these failings had existed for many years, and the changes required are contingent on financial and political support, which we found to be lacking. The structures, systems and ethos across public services in the BVI need to change in order to achieve the sustainable improvements we believe are necessary.”
Mr Cooke added that the problems found weren’t the failings of a few but were deep-rooted weaknesses across many aspects of public administration, including leadership at all levels.
He said conditions such as these don’t come about overnight; they take time to build, and they will take time to resolve.
“They will require an acceptance of the problems and an acceptance of responsibility to tackle them. And, if real change is to be brought about, it will need the highest levels of co-operation between leaders of these organisations, the Government and Governor’s Office,” Mr Cooke stated.
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30 Responses to “The BVI has for years suffered corruption & allegations of corruption- Ex-UK police officer”
These evil colonizers have the nerve to speak on corruption? When your royal family's bu**er little boys. don't get me started on how yall killed Diana. Yall not ready for those conversations
But now,in June,2024, [two years later]; Andy J cooke,is accusing the BVI elected officials,as being corrupt,after Sir Gary Hickinbottom,declared,that he found evidence of corruption??
We need fixing everyone knows the corruption here that has been going on for so long.
Could you believe they were planning a motorcade for when Andre fahie get released??? Crazy people in this place mehson
He said that,he recommend to the governor,to investigate the citizens,to find out who is corrupt,and when the corruption,occurred..
There are certain chapters that Great Britain not speaking about :
Go
After the so called emancipation they left This “The Bird Sanctuary” and Your Mother & Father developed what you see today
It is okay to laugh off them old days of oppression under Buckingham but now our people are the worse people in this World
run chat that
More recently the UK court said no to relocating (trafficking) illegal immigrants to Rawanda. Guess what, them push it through. "COME WHAT MAY" -Reishi Sunak. Isnt that corruption? After the slave trade you think they'd have enough recovered decency to not ship illegal aliens to Africa.
We need to stop looking at the messenger and listen to the message. Stop worrying about what drama the UK got going on and focus on the SH** we have going on here. WE ARE WORST because the entire BVI can fit in a one UK parish, and yet we have all this drama. Yes drama is all over the world, but this is not how we operate. God is using everything and anyone to get our attention, and no matter how he tries we continue to be defiant, talking about “They kettle calling the pot black”, WHO CARES! The country is a mess mentally, physically and emotionally. We cannot fix it until we change ourselves. Heed God’s warning!! Irma was just a taste of how disappointed he is in us, and yet he was still merciful because you and I are STILL alive to visit this site today. Cindy is a radical, but she is a radical for change. The same change you and I said we wanted. If all of us used to call the politicians out on their dirt do you think we would have an exPremier in jail, do you think we would have SH** running in our atreets, and potholes the size of cruise ships. The BVI has strayed far from our humble beginnings, there is hardly any love in this place. Look at our children fighting in the streets like animals everywhere they go, we can’t even talk to each other no more. We are nothing but hypocrites. ONEBVI my @%$. Your own people cutting your throat and smiling why they do it. Repent. We all need to repent!!