Time for the VIP to unite & support the new Chairman- Julian Willock
Julian Willock, a former Permanent Secretary and Chairman of Advance Marketing and Professional Services, a local political consulting firm, has called for party unity.
The man who many speculate will be a candidate in the next general elections and has emerged as a voice of reason, Mr Willock was at the time- December 12, 2016- speaking with ZBVI 780 AM radio reporter Zan Lewis in an exclusive interview.
Time to unite & support Hon Fahie- Willock
Mr Willock, who was one of the 76 delegates that voted in the party internal elections last month, told Mr Lewis he supported Hon Fraser but, “the delegates have spoken and my side lost…therefore we need to come together and support the new Chairman Hon Andrew A. Fahie…”
When asked by Mr Lewis what was his reaction to the vote, Mr Willock responded “the time has come for healing and the rebuilding process but I am not naive to the work that still needs to be done to make this happen…”
Mr Willock, a close ally of Hon Fraser, told ZBVI news that, “once the goal is to rid the country of the National Democratic Party, the hopelessness, the lack of opportunities for our people, the divisiveness, the assault on the poor thought higher taxes and in my opinion the unfair legal system ….children going to bed hungry all as a result of the backwards polices of the NDP, then it should be easy for us to unite and support the new Chairman.”
List rigged? Rajah A. Smith
There are growing concerns in some quarters that some have not accepted the results of the internal vote with one former VIP 2015 general elections' Second District candidate Rajah A. Smith telling another media site that “the delegate list was rigged.”
After Smith’s statement, the allegations were denied by former VIP President Carvin Malone who did not seek re-election but was replaced by Dr Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, who joined the party less than two weeks before the elections.
One way to win-Willock
In an unrelated article carried by our newsroom on December 5, 2016 about four countries- Jamaica, Virgin Islands, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Bermuda- who have changed their opposition party leaders, Mr Willock pointed to the fallout in Bermuda after they got rid of the Opposition and Party Leader Mr Marc A. Bean, of the Progressive Labour Party.
The political consultant noted “but remember when you are out of power and in Opposition most often it becomes more challenging to keep the troops together, but time heals most divisions and once the goal remains to form the next government then Opposition parties, including the VIP, will come together and unite…there is no other way to win,” according to Mr Willock.
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29 Responses to “Time for the VIP to unite & support the new Chairman- Julian Willock”
The young man Julien exhibits a broad understanding of why the BVI people ask for a NATIONAL APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE, it is wise for the older heads to listen to him, and heed his warning. This tribal politics in the VIP and NDP have gotten us NOWHERE GOOD!
Yes the party is important, but NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CITIZENS it pledges to serve.
One Love!