Mutual Destruction for U.D.P. in Mesopotamia with Two Candidates?

Panton was asked if Chang’s candidacy in Mesopotamia means both he and Barrow will lose, potentially giving up a seat the U.D.P. has held for decades. Panton firmly dismissed that idea, saying she doesn’t buy into that narrative.

 

Tracy Taegar Panton, Area Rep., Albert Division

“I don’t subscribe to that narrative. I have never subscribed to that narrative. Seventy percent of the decision makers of this party made a determination. We did not leave it to that seventy percent. We have travelled to every village, district, town across the country. And we have met with our UDP supports and what you call the fence voters waiting to see. It is absolutely crystal clear to me that as long as Shyne Barrow is in play the UDP cannot win. The people of this country has agreed and has said to me resoundingly that Shyne Barrow must go and go he will. It is messy and it is frustrating for the public, for our supporters, for me. But democracy is messy and we have to be prepared to deal with the mess. We cannot allow, it is too great a price to pay for injustice and evil and dictatorship to set into the party. We cannot retreat.”