“No Comment” - Walwyn As Questions Swirl Over Future With NDP

Questions continue to mount over Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn’s future with the National Democratic Party (NDP), but the former party chairman is offering no comment to address the speculations.

BVI Platinum News contacted Walwyn after political commentator Claude Skelton Cline claimed that he remains “on the fence” about the NDP.

“Now our brother Coy Levons has left. Hon. Walwyn is there on the fence. He asked for a sabbatical. I have never heard anybody else asking for some time off, but never mind. He’s on the fence,” Skelton Cline said on his radio programme on 15 September.

Asked to respond to the comments, Walwyn said: “No comment.”

Walwyn returned to the NDP earlier this year as the party attempted to unify following a split.

However, he unsuccessfully challenged Second District Representative Melvin “Mitch” Turnbull for the deputy chairmanship during the party’s internal elections in April. Opposition Leader Marlon Penn secured the chairmanship after defeating former Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool.

Following the defeat, Vanterpool promptly left the NDP and formed the People’s Leadership Movement.

Walwyn remained with the NDP but maintains a low profile. Since then, Walwyn has remained publicly quiet on party affairs. His work throughout the Sixth District has also shown no visible NDP branding, further fuelling questions about whether he remains committed to the party.

NDP ‘Prefers To Lose Than See Country Win’

Skelton Cline also accused the NDP of placing internal interests ahead of the Territory, arguing that the party would rather lose the elections than make the changes necessary to give the country a better alternative.

He suggested that the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Walwyn, coupled with Levons’ departure and Vanterpool’s establishment of the PLM, reflects deeper problems within the NDP.

According to Skelton Cline, the party appears prepared to accept electoral defeat instead of making decisions that could allow the country to win.

“Even though we know we’re not going to win, even though we know we’re going to lose, we’d rather lose than allow the country to win,” he said, characterising what he believes is the leadership’s position. “We’d rather lose than let the country win.”