The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has avoided being fully recolonized by Britain for the next two years after London agreed to hold off on such a decision in the wake of a commission of inquiry report [...]
At the weekend, British island Governor John Rankin and Premier Natalio Wheatley told reporters that London has decided that rather than administering BVI affairs on a daily basis, it will work with the new unity government in implementing a series of agreed reforms in finance, land administration affairs, the issuance of contracts and other areas of life.
The result is that locals will still largely be in charge of daily archipelago affairs except for foreign affairs, immigration and defense as these are preserve of Britain which owns the BVI, The Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, Bermuda and The Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. Rankin and Wheatley met reporters jointly to make the announcement. There were real fears of a constitutional suspension along similar lines to the Turks and Caicos in 2008 following a probe that had unearthed widespread corruption and other poor practices.
He also said that authorities had demonstrated clear and strong political will to ensure improvements are made to local systems.
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