Panton Maintains that Shyne has been Recalled as Party Leader

On Sunday, hundreds of U.D.P. supporters and party members gathered to participate in a convention hosted by the Alliance for Democracy under the U.D.P. The convention was to recall party leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow, which Panton says they successfully did. Barrow has described the convention as a farce, saying that it was a waste of time and money. But according to Taegar-Panton, the purpose of the convention was to unite the United Democratic Party.

 

Tracy Taegar-Panton, Area Representative, Albert

“That convention sought  to do a couple of things. One, to convene it so we can hear the voices of the delegates of the party. And two hundred thirty-two delegates requested that the convention be convened. Two, to recall the former party leader, Shyne Barrow from his position of party leader. And we had two hundred eight delegates who triggered that recall. And we met the threshold and at the convention the party leader was recalled. Three hundred forty-seven delegates voted. Three hundred thirty-four in favor of the recall and thirteen against the recall. And the third objective of the convention  was to deal with the business of the party. What would be our platform, the need for constitutional reform was the big one. Also where we stand on women and youth and economic development and all those the policy platform committee, which would have to be working now in preparation for the next elections because it requires quite a bit of consultation with with our supporters and members of the social partners, et cetera.  And of course the last motion of the day was to seek the consensus, if you will, of the people. The National Convention as it relates to who is the leader of the position in the house. So that business was conducted on and on behalf of the United Democratic Party.”