Tag: Gubernatorial Candidate Soraya Diase-Coffelt

OP-ED: Governor’s Repeated Extensions of the State of Emergency ‘Further Tramples’ V.I. Laws Requiring Financial Accountability and Transparency

By SORAYA DIASE COFFELT AN OPINION-EDITORIAL PIECE Virgin Islands law authorizes a governor to declare a state of emergency for emergencies and major disasters. No declaration can last longer than thirty days, however, unless a governor renews it and explains the basis for the renewal. We are currently yet again under another state of emergency […]