Myron Walwyn takes the reins of the National Democratic Party in the BVI

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BVI Education and Culture Minister Myron "Condon" Walwyn formerly of Wilikies

British Virgin Islands Education Minister Myron Walwyn is the new leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP).

NDP delegates elected him as party leader on Saturday, June 23.

He defeated Health Minister Ronnie Skelton who was also vying for the post. It is not clear whether any other party members were nominated to contest for party leader.

Walwyn’s reported running mate, Marlon Penn, was also successful in his campaign to become party Vice President.

Penn went up against first-term legislator Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull who is said to have been Skelton’s running mate.

Prior to tonight’s internal election – which was closed to the public – Premier Dr D Orlando Smith and Deputy Premier Kedrick Pickering were NDP President and Vice President, respectively.

Premier Smith had announced days ahead of the NDP event that he would not be seeking to be re-elected as party leader. It is said Dr Pickering made a similar decision for the vice presidency.

Ordinarily, elected legislators who sit as President and Vice-President of the NDP would be the territory’s Premier and Deputy Premier, respectively; once the NDP is the governing party.

However, it is possible for a governing NDP to have a party president who is not the premier, or a party vice-president who is not the deputy premier, BVI News understands.

Walwyn was born in Road Town, Tortola and grew up at the family home in Freebottom. Following the death of his mother, at age 14, Myron was relocated to his mother’s birthplace of Antigua to complete his secondary school education at the Princess Margaret Secondary School.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Congratulations to Myron, he is a people’s person and has a heart of gold. May god bless him in this his choosen field.

  2. You see the problem I have here. You do’t hear the people that complain about foreigners being part of our election. Because Antiguans can go to other places and excel in their Island and election. But no foreigner should do that in our election. What a thing.

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