Alliance Members Will Call Special Convention in October  

Taegar-Panton went on to explain that a special convention will be held on October sixth to recall the leadership of the party and that it will be done based on the support of delegates whose signatures they have garnered.

 

Tracy Taegar-Panton, Area Representative, Albert

“We therefore wish to denounce the fraudulent and unconstitutional rejection of 232  signatures of duly elected delegates  who are the trustees of the United Democratic Party and decision makers. saying that their signatures are not valid for the convening of a national convention. You know the story, but I think it is  important that we make it implicitly clear  that on the 12th of August,  a letter was sent to the chairman  with the requisite signatures  For an NPC  meeting to be convened  to discuss, among other things, the breaches and blatant disregard to the party’s constitution. Now let  me say that the constitution is the most important institutional tool that we have available to us as members of the United Democratic Party. And should be treated in that regard.  This letter of August 12th was the second request we shared with the chairman  for an NPC meeting.  And these requests have gone unanswered and obviously have fallen on deaf ears. The members of our alliance agreed to engage in a mediation process so we could air our concerns and determine collectively how to move forward in the best interests of the United Democratic Party.  A meeting of the mediation team  was convened by the national campaign manager on Friday, the 23rd of August. We discussed the issues as it related to the breaching of the party’s constitution,  included,  but not limited to,  the removal of the standard bearer for Port Loyola,  the unconstitutional removal of the standard bearer for Caribbean Shores, and the unconstitutional removal of the standard bearer for Port Loyola. For Belize rural south. The Alliance  for Democracy  has, is making a call, will be making a public call  for a special unity UDP convention  to be held on October 6th  of  2024.  This allows us the 30 day notice.  That is required by the constitution.  The  special convention  will seek to do a few things.  One,  to look at the executive appointments  to the party. Two to pass a motion on the floor  to recall the party leader  and also  to seek to, to, to, a second motion that will seek to appoint an interim leader of the United Democratic Party until these matters can be straightened out at the subsequent convention to be held.”