Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez On the Future of the U.D.P.

During his extended press conference, Anthony “Boots” Martinez expressed skepticism on getting rid of Barrow. He says that the party’s success hinges on its leadership and insisted that, until constitutional reforms are implemented, individuals should be free to change their minds.

 

Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Former UDP Minister

“I know he no gwen easy. He wa hold on to that chair like I she. I was the first peopson whe come and seh dat he sleep with the chair under ih bed, And he sleep crossfoot with ih foot di mind da chair deh. And mek I tell yo something, things speak volume mein. Like this country need a viable opposition I noh care weh nobody seh. You quarrel with the speaker, you quarrel with yo memba, you quarrel with te PUP. You quarrel and noh conscious yo dupe into lotta thing. This country need a viable opposition with a reasonable leader. He is unfit, Michael Peyrefitte and Alberto August, they are the two most powerful people in the constitution of the United Democratic Party, so what people do now? So when yo seh the constitution she, one fourth delegate trigger a recall. Two thirds call a national convention. People have the right to change their mind, I noh care weh happen until you change that outta the constitution. This is where you need to have a constitutional reform. If you a she yo only could recall ah man within ine term ah ih leadership that is it, Nut you have a constitution there for a revolving door. Tomorrow somebody could start a petition and the whole thing start ova again. Them da di reform weh di party need fi look pan. And so at the end of the day, when you just ignore people in terms of the chairman and soh and no regard to what it is in the constitution that is dictatorship sir, So where is the party rules even for the party leader? He seh anything he want about anybody and nobody she nothing. I am sorry. I got family. I got friends too and so is he. And mek I tell yo something, one thing I could she that I was never charged abroad or here or even convicted inna any part of the world. I am sorry. Ney people get a bly.”