The Virgin Islands Party is asking voters to reflect on the party’s 40-year history in the territory when they go to the polls for the upcoming elections, and to re-elect the same government that, until it dissolved Tuesday, held 11 of 13 seats in the House of Assembly.
“This year we will celebrate 40 years of history rich with empowerment, rich with development and rich with letting the people of the British Virgin Islands partake in the development of the Virgin Islands,” said Carvin Malone in his remarks to begin the event. Mr. Malone said the theme of the party’s campaign this year is “Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things.”
The launch, which lasted past 1 a.m., included video tributes to Premier Ralph O’Neal and to past VIP legislators, and speeches from the party’s four at-large candidates and five cabinet ministers.
Both of the party’s non-incumbent candidates ran for the first time in the 2007 elections. This year, both will run for the same seats as in 2007: Ronnie Lettsome will contest the Seventh District, and Zoe Walcott-McMillan will run as one of the VIP’s four at-large candidates.
See the Sept. 22, 2011 edition for full coverage.