Where Will Faber and Panton Sit in House of Representatives?

A House Meeting is scheduled for Friday and the Leader of the Opposition has officially informed the Speaker of the House of Representatives that Patrick Faber and Tracy Panton are no longer members of the United Democratic Party.  The letter, signed by Opposition Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow is requesting that the Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods, “declare at the next Sitting of the House of Representatives that Members from Albert and Collet have ceased to be members of the House of Representatives by reason of having been a member of a political party”. In summary, Barrow’s letter informs the Speaker of the House that Faber and Panton no longer represent the United Democratic Party in parliament. With such a declaration, questions have now arisen about the seating arrangements for the parliamentarians on Friday. Where will Tracey Panton and Patrick Faber be seated. The new space inside the George Price Center does not allow for a second row on the opposition’s side of the House. So, the most likely position would be further down the aisle, if the Speaker of the House is to honor this request. Collet Area Representative, Patrick Faber, has since come out to say that the letter is riddled with baseless claims that he has resigned from the United Democratic Party. In a Facebook post he noted that this is not the first time the opposition leader has wrongly invoked the Constitution for political gain. In his statement, Faber went on to say that, “Barrow’s actions display either a profound misunderstanding of the Constitution or a malicious intent to undermine my position”. We will continue to follow these latest developments.