Representative for the 9th District Hon. Vincent Wheatey has dedicated the launch of his re-election campaign to his late mother Mrs. Esme Wheatley, who passed away in February.
Wheatley, at his campaign launch on Virgin Gorda this past weekend, said that with this campaign he hopes to honour his mother’s memory and run a clean campaign as she would have wanted.
He says that despite political antics he has observed recently, he does not intend to participate. Adding that his mother always taught “when they go low, you go high”.
Reflecting the nature of the BVI’s Political Landscape, Wheatley urged Virgin Islanders not to let politics divide them.
At the end of his first term, Wheatley believes that he has delivered on the promise of transformation which he campaigned on in the 2019 General Election.
Over the past year Wheatley has, on multiple occasions, challenged anyone willing to name a District 9 candidate who has accomplished more than he has in a 4-year timeframe. To date, he said, no one has come forth to do so.