Political party system has failed BVI — Skelton Cline

The BVI’s political party system has not adequately served the needs of the people of the territory, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has argued.

“The party system, in my view, is floundering and has faltered and some even say have failed the people of these Virgin Islands,” Skelton Cline said while speaking on his Honestly Speaking show yesterday.

The controversial host, who previously said the territory was turned into a failed state by one political party, asked what viable options might exist that can be laid before the people of the BVI as elections approach in the coming year.

In the meantime, Skelton Cline questioned his guest, Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone, on whether he (Malone) was disconcerted or disappointed that more voices from particular quarters in the territory have not joined or lent their expertise in any way that helps to navigate the country during one of its most challenging times since slavery.

Malone, while admitting to speaking in riddles before on the issue, said there are a lot of learned people who have remained quiet and on the backbench and chided them for doing so.