Dean Barrow on U.D.P. Turmoil, “I prefer to not even think of it.”

Former Party Leader Dean Barrow, who led the U.D.P. from 1998 to 2020, shared brief thoughts on the chaos that has erupted within the party.  While he refrained from casting blame, Barrow says that the internal strife that continues to plague the party does not bode well for a healthy opposition.

 

Isani Cayetano

“What are your thoughts about what’s been taking place within the United Democratic Party as of late?  We’re less than a year or so from the next general elections.”

 

Dean Barrow, Former Party Leader, U.D.P.

“I prefer to not even think of it.  It is extremely upsetting to anyone in this country who believes in democracy.  I am not, of course, going to get into why the U.D.P. is in the state it is in or who is to blame.  What I will do is to express the sincere hope which seems ultimately to be nothing more than a kind of pious wish that somehow the party would get its act together and find a degree of unity that can restore some confidence in people that at least we have a functional opposition party which is an absolutely essential requirement for a democracy.”