Beautiful Virgin Islands

Monday, Sep 01, 2025

Breaches of Register of Interest Act does not equate to corruption– Skelton-Cline

Breaches of Register of Interest Act does not equate to corruption– Skelton-Cline

Radio talk-show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on those paying attention to the ongoing UK sponsored Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI), to not equate breaches of the Register of Interest Act, 2006, to corruption and deception on the part of Legislators.

“The worse I’ve seen here is that they have not registered their interest as they ought to, in the time span that they were supposed to,” Skelton-Cline said on the Tuesday, June 15, 2021, edition of his Honestly Speaking radio show.

Of the legislators who breached the Act, Opposition Leader Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has so far been labelled ‘seriously delinquent’ with regards to late Declarations made to the Registrar of Interests for the periods 2013-2016 and 2017-2020.


Culture can be correct – Skelton-Cline


“It looks like in that part of the political culture, in that area, there is a culture that [has] developed where the matter of registering their interest has not been a high number on their priority list,” he remarked.

Skelton-Cline maintained, however, that the CoI should not have been established the way it was, which is through the then embattled ex-Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert turning to imperialist legislation to call an inquiry without consultation with the elected Government.

As such, he said the ‘undressing’ of the system by CoI council Bilal Rawat has only exposed flaws. These flaws he said will mean legislators must now have to strengthen the Register of Interest Act to make compliance better.

“But I don’t want you to equate that with therefore something must be wrong with these men and women we have elected… I am not talking about just the sitting government, I am talking about whoever has sat there before, particularly since this piece of legislation has been issued.”

Skelton-Cline maintained, however, that the CoI should not have been established the way it was, which is through the then embattled ex-Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert turning to imperialist legislation to call an inquiry without consultation with the elected Government.


Legislators must now fix the system


The man of the cloth said that while watching the inquiry is important, Virgin Islands should not lose confidence in the people they have elected as some systemic flaws are exposed.

‘I don’t want you to equate that with the corruption, I don’t want you to equate that with deception, that’s important,” he said to his listening audience.

Skelton-Cline maintained that the flaws in the system originate from a culture that can be corrected by strengthening existing legislation and Virgin Islands should use now the opportunity them come together and fix the system without UK supervision.

Newsletter

Related Articles

Beautiful Virgin Islands
0:00
0:00
Close
Chinese and Indian Leaders Pursue Amity Amid Global Shifts
European Union Plans for Ukraine Deployment
ECB Warns Against Inflation Complacency
Concerns Over North Cyprus Casino Development
Shipping Companies Look Beyond Chinese Finance
Rural Exodus Fueling European Wildfires
China Hosts Major Security Meeting
Chinese Police Successfully Recover Family's Savings from Livestream Purchases
Germany Marks a Decade Since Migrant Wave with Divisions, Success Stories, and Political Shifts
Liverpool Defeat Arsenal 1–0 with Szoboszlai Free-Kick to Stay Top of Premier League
Prince Harry and King Charles to Meet in First Reunion After 20 Months
Chinese Stock Market Rally Fueled by Domestic Investors
Israeli Airstrike in Yemen Kills Houthi Prime Minister
Ukrainian Nationalist Politician Andriy Parubiy Assassinated in Lviv
Corporate America Cuts Middle Management as Bosses Take On Triple the Workload
Parents Sue OpenAI After Teen’s Death, Alleging ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide
Amazon Faces Lawsuit Over 'Buy' Label on Digital Streaming Content
Federal Reserve Independence Questioned Amid Trump’s Push to Reshape Central Bank
British Politics Faces Tumultuous Autumn After Summer of Rebellions and Rising Farage Momentum
US Appeals Court Rules Against Most Trump-Era Tariffs
UK Sought Broad Access to Apple Users’ Data, Court Filing Reveals
UK Bank Shares Dive Over Potential Tax on Sector
Germany’s Auto Industry Sheds 51,500 Jobs in First Half of 2025 Amid Deepening Crisis
Bruce Willis Relocated Due to Advanced Dementia
French and Korean Nuclear Majors Clash As EU Launches Foreign Subsidy Probe
EU Stands Firm on Digital Rules as Trump Warns of Retaliation
Getting Ready for the 3rd Time in Its History, Germany Approves Voluntary Military Service for Teenagers
Argentine President Javier Milei Evacuated After Stones Thrown During Campaign Event
Denmark Confronts U.S. Diplomat Over Covert Trump-Linked Influence in Greenland
Starmer Should Back Away from ECHR, Says Jack Straw
Trump Demands RICO Charges Against George Soros and Son for Funding Violent Protests
Taylor Swift Announces Engagement to NFL Star Travis Kelce
France May Need IMF Bailout, Warns Finance Minister
Chinese AI Chipmaker Cambricon Posts Record Profit as Beijing Pushes Pivot from Nvidia
After the Shock of Defeat, Iranians Yearn for Change
Ukraine Finally Allows Young Men Aged Eighteen to Twenty-Two to Leave the Country
The Porn Remains, Privacy Disappears: How Britain Broke the Internet in Ten Days
YouTube Altered Content by Artificial Intelligence – Without Permission
Welcome to The Definition of Insanity: Germany Edition
Just a reminder, this is Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris.
Spotify’s Strange Move: The Feature Nobody Asked For – Returns
Manhunt in Australia: Armed Anti-Government Suspect Kills Police Officers Sent to Arrest Him
China Launches World’s Most Powerful Neutrino Detector
How Beijing-Linked Networks Shape Elections in New York City
Ukrainian Refugee Iryna Zarutska Fled War To US, Stabbed To Death
Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged App Store Monopoly
2 Australian Police Shot Dead In Encounter In Rural Victoria State
Vietnam Evacuates Hundreds of Thousands as Typhoon Kajiki Strikes; China’s Sanya Shuts Down
UK Government Delays Decision on China’s Proposed London Embassy Amid Concerns Over Redacted Plans
A 150-Year Tradition to Be Abolished? Uproar Over the Popular Central Park Attraction
×