Five Letters Later, Still No Response from U.D.P. Chairman

The United Democratic Party remains an organization in shambles and despite numerous attempts to convene an urgent meeting to get the house in order, those repeated calls have all gone unanswered.  Earlier today, a group calling itself Alliance for Democracy issued a press release in which it stated that a reminder has been sent to Chairman Mike Peyrefitte regarding an N.P.C. that was petitioned for last Monday.  This afternoon, we sat down with Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton who provided an update on the latest developments within the embattled U.D.P.

 

Tracy Panton, Area Representative, Albert

“I think the one we sent earlier today would have been just about five letters.  We’re trying to follow and adhere to the constitution of the party. We have been champions of following the constitution, it is the most important institution that the United Democratic Party has to its disposal.  And so we have written to him yet again asking for an urgent meeting of the National Party Council.  We have attached the requisite signatures that are required by the constitution for this meeting to be convened and we are hoping that he will respond.  We had called for one earlier in June and it took us seven weeks for a meeting to convene and then that fell apart.  So we are trying again.  We feel it’s important that there be a discussion on what’s going on internally and trying to find a way how we can move forward in the interest of the party and more importantly in the interest of having a robust opposition for the country.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“Following the failed N.P.C., you have written to the chairman on several other occasions and we’re not certain whether those letters were responded to.  I think of the letter that had been written in respect of the Andrew Bradley removal from Caribbean Shores.  Speak to us in that context, if you don’t mind.”

 

Tracy Panton

“There has been no response to that letter.  I have been removed arbitrarily and unilaterally from all the communication mechanisms of the party, so I don’t know if they’ve had any discussions in those mechanisms since I’ve been removed, so I can’t speak to that.  But there has been no formal response to my letter to the chairman on Andrew Bradley.  I understand that the post has been declared vacant and an ad is out.  A deadline for August sixteenth [has been set] for applications to be sent into the party to fill that post.  Our concern is that these decisions are not being done in alignment or in accordance with the constitution of the party.”