His Excellency Gordon Wetherell has released a statement tothe press on the Constitutional talks that was held in London, England.
The Governor statement reads:
As I have made clear in statements since my return from the Constitutional talks in London last month, I believe that the outcome was one in which all participants can take satisfaction; and which provides a good platform for moving forward.
I was therefore disturbed by some of the comments in the PDM statement issued earlier this week. There is absolutely no cause to mischaracterise the contribution of the Chair of the Consultative Forum and member of the Advisory Council in London by suggesting that they were somehow motivated by animosity or hatred towards the TCI people. Different persons are entitled to different views as to how the interests of Turks and Caicos Islanders are best met. But there can be no doubt that the real motivation of the Chair of the Consultative Forum and the member of the Advisory Council in London, as throughout their tenures of office, has been what they see as the best interests of the TCI and its people.
I should also point out that the results of the talks in London are not a departure from the first milestone of the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 December 2010. Rather, as a result of the talks, this important milestone is on the verge of implementation; and it is to implementation of the remaining milestones (on a number of which good progress has been made) that we should now look to fulfil the hope expressed in the same Statement for elections in 2012.
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