TCI House of Assembly Members take ‘info-gathering’ trip to Isle of Man

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#TurksandCaicos, June 25, 2022 – A five-man Turks and Caicos delegation recently visited the Isle of Man on a diplomatic mission to the country.  Hon John Malcolm, Deputy Speaker of the TCI House of Assembly; Hon Edwin Astwood, Leader of the Opposition; Hon Kyle Knowles, Member of Parliament for Wheeland and Hon Shaun Malcolm, All Island Member of Parliament represented Turks and Caicos on the visit.

The Isle of Man is a self-Governing British dependency which means the country sets its own laws and is not bound by British ones.  The delegates during their visit have called on the Lord Bishop of Sodor, the President of Tynwald Laurence Skelly, the Mayor of Douglas Janet Thommeny, and Lieutenant Governor John Lorimer.

Additionally, they were welcomed at the House of Keys (Parliament).

After the experience, MP Shaun Malcolm expressed that the Turks and Caicos would eventually like to get to this place as well telling news organisations in Isle of Man, “There are parts of your [governance] system that we in the Turks and Caicos do desire to have in terms of full internal self-government.”

Malcolm praised the independence of the electorate noting that the TCI hoped to get to the point where there was more autonomy and internal control of the governance of the country.

Malcolm couldn’t help but give some press to his own country making sure to note that “we boast the best beaches on the globe literally!”

Malcolm described the trip as an ‘information gathering trip.’