In a follow up to the release sent to RTC news by the F.C.O Office, the Progressive National Party welcomes the invitation of the Government of the United Kingdom to Political Leaders from the Turks and Caicos Islands to attend a face to face meeting with Henry Bellingham, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for the Overseas Territories, on matters relating to constitutional and electoral reform.
We have been consistent in our calls for such a meeting with the political directorate in the United Kingdom on these matters as well as in our opposition to the suspension of representative democracy in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We are on record as challenging the legitimacy of the Consultative Forum and the Advisory Council and are of the view that, as neither of these two bodies have the consent of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands to represent their interest in this or any other matter, they ought not be permitted to attend any meetings between United Kingdom and Turks and Caicos Islands Politicians, and we object to the attendance of the Governor’s Consultative Forum and Advisory Council at such a meeting.
Our Party remains committed to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands and stands ready, willing and able to represent their interest as we seek a return to representative democracy in these Islands and we look forward to working with the People’s Democratic Movement in this effort.
