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British Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry report, 2022
The Commission of Inquiry recommended direct UK rule following findings of governance failures, published around the time of the premier's arrest.
What happened
The Commission of Inquiry's report recommended direct UK rule, published shortly after Premier Fahie's arrest.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: The Commission of Inquiry's report, delivered before publication, recommended partial suspension of the BVI constitution, dissolution of the House of Assembly, and up to two years of direct rule by the UK-appointed Governor; before the report was published in April 2022, Premier Andrew Fahie was arrested in Miami by the US Drug Enforcement Administration on charges of conspiracy to import drugs and money laundering, in an operation that also implicated the BVI port authority's chief executive and her son. The direct-rule proposal prompted public protests in the BVI.
- Inquiry proposes British Virgin Islands return to direct UK rule (Al Jazeera) link, Fahie arrest and direct-rule recommendation section. Source record