Those were the words of clergyman and political commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline during his Honestly Speaking show on ZBVI 780 AM on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

The talk show host questioned the lack of development in certain critical areas of the Virgin Islands and posited that there are some “strongholds” over the territory.

He said in some cases the “spirits” have delayed and in other instances they have derailed the plans to advance the territory and added that anybody who sees God better than he does always warns him that the VI has become a place where the witchcraft is thriving.

Spirit forces stagnating VI?

“Ask yourself the question, how is it in the 21st century the so-called billions of dollars we spend every four years? How is it with all of the technology that’s available to us, all of the brain power that’s available to us, all of the skillset that’s available to us right here, without us even having to go outside of ourselves…ask yourself this question. How come we can’t get potholes fixed? How come we have basic infrastructure issues such as water? Is there something else at work in these Virgin Islands that is delaying the speed with which we should be as a destination?”

Mr Skelton-Cline also pondered how come in a modern, sophisticated territory, where there live some of the most “degreed” persons, sewage is running in the streets.

He then urged the VI to attend a prayer session at the Road Town Market Square at 5:30 PM today, March 12, 2023.

Mr Skelton-Cline informed that the prayer session will be led by “gatekeeper” Roxanne Tasha Toussaint.

“We got to break loose from some of these chains. We just can’t keep on singing these stuff and then living in chains,” Mr Skelton-Cline argued.