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People's Empowerment Party
LeaderAlvin Christopher
Founded2014
IdeologyConservatism
House of Assembly
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The People's Empowerment Party (or PEP) is a political party in the British Virgin Islands, led by former House of Assembly member for the second district Alvin Christopher. Mr Christopher has previously been elected as a representative of the Virgin Islands Party, the National Democratic Party and as an independent.

The party was launched on 29 March 2014. The inaugural executive committee of the party included former People's Patriotic Alliance (PPA) member, Natalio Wheatley (also known as Sowande Uhuru) as president; Elford Parsons, vice-president; Claudette Rymer, secretary; Julia Christopher, assistant secretary; Dennis Rhymer, treasurer; Lorie Rymer, public relations officer; Sunny Prince, sergeant-at -arms; and Glanville Penn, chaplain. Mr Christopher is the chairman and leader of the new party.[1] The introduction of the party to the public included a blistering attack during on the former administration of the Virgin Islands Party, which is the party that a number of the PEP members formerly had ties to.[2]

Plans for the new political party were announced in the press in August 2013,[3] although private discussions may have occurred much earlier.

Apart from Mr Christopher, only Mr Wheatley and Mr Rymer had previously stood for political office (both unsuccessfully). To date the new party has not announced any other candidates for seats in the next general election. In the press it has been speculated that proposed candidates may include former elected VIP politicians Dancia Penn and Vernon Malone.[4] The party had announced that it intended to contest all 13 seats in the 2015 general election.[5] Eventually the party only put 5 candidates forward, all of whom were defeated.[6] The future of the party in the aftermath of the defeat is unclear.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "PEP Launches With No Candidates Declared; Christopher Ready For Premiership". Platinum News. 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Release The Audit – Rhymer suggests millions were squandered by VIP government". BVI News. 30 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Lorie Rymer Says New Political Party On The Horizon". BVI Platinum. 14 August 2013.
  4. ^ ""We got to concentrate more on the NDP" – Christopher". BVI News. 1 April 2014.
  5. ^ "PEP going after all 13 seats next election". BVI News. 24 February 2015.
  6. ^ "BREAKING NEWS: NDP Will Remain In Gov't". BVI Platinum. 8 June 2015.


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