Kareem Says Tracy “Jumped the Gun” the Bid for LOO

For months now, the United Democratic Party’s internal squabbles have been splashed across the headlines. The drama even escalated to the courtroom, with party leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow and Albert Area Representative Tracy Taegar-Panton at the center of an attempted leadership ousting. Despite these ongoing issues, they are gearing up for the 2025 general elections, which could be called any day now. Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa has weighed in on the opposition’s turmoil as the election looms closer.

 

Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores

“It clearly demonstrates that there has been no sort of meaningful mediation within the opposition United Democratic Party. Personally, if I were to objectively assess what has taken place within the UDP over the last few months, I would say that Honorable Tracy might have jumped the gun. I think that what Shyne no recognizes within his own party is that if he can eliminate the threats meaning Tracy, meaning John Saliva Patrick Farber and not have them run on the UDP ticket, which I think is his objective, then he has a clear path to continue his leadership for 2030 because they cannot run if they’re not UDP area representatives, they cannot run for leader. And so you have to look at what his objective is. So him gathering these no name, so to speak, is just filling vacancies at this point. I don’t think he expects any of them to win. He just wants to win his seat so that he can continue to be leader.”

 

Reporter

“Which he might also face a challenge from a man you know to be very formidable, Lee Mark Chang.”

 

Kareem Musa

“In Mesopotamia, yes. And so they’re really setting off each other. If hot mess were a party, I think the UDP would fill that description quite adequately.”