Independence: ‘I’ve always been having a conversation with the people’- Premier

The leader of government business admitted; however, that more educating of the people regarding independence has to be done.

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Amidst the narrative by some that the Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government is seeking to force independence on them and not speaking to the people about it, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said he has always been having the conversation with the people.

It was during the talk show VI 360 on Tola Radio VI on September 4, 2024, that Premier Wheatley disclosed that persons told the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation that was in the Virgin Islands recently that he was trying to force the VI into independence or go into independence without talking to the people.

“I want to know if people understand I have been having a conversation about this since I returned to the Virgin Islands,” Dr Wheatley stated, adding that others before him, such as Roy Hodge and Washasha X, were also speaking to the people.