British Virigin Islands leader replaced after drug-smuggling arrest
Wheatley becomes new premier of territory where direct rule from UK was recommended
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Wheatley becomes new premier of territory where direct rule from UK was recommended
A no-confidence motion in Andrew Fahie, 51, was backed by the overseas territory’s assembly on Thursday.
TORTOLA – Dr Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley was sworn in as the new Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a few hours after the House of Assembly unanimously passed a no-confidence resolution evoking the appointment of Andrew Fahie as premier of the British Overseas Territory. Fahie, 51, was arrested last Thursday during a sting operation at the Miami-Opa-locka Executive Airport, along with the managing director of the BVI Ports Authority, …
The VI financial services industry rushed to distance itself from the Miami arrests last Thursday of Premier Andrew Fahie.
Premier Natalio Wheatley became the territory’s new leader after a vote of no confidence in the former premier was passed.