PM Says E & B Had to Make Best of Bad Situation

On March twelfth, forty-one U.D.P. candidates will appear on the election ballot, all using the color red. This marks the first time a major political party is fielding so many candidates in constituencies where they aim to win. U.D.P. leaders Tracy Taegar-Panton and Moses “Shyne” Barrow are standing firm on using red as the party’s official color. While this might cause some confusion among U.D.P. supporters about where to place their X on election day, Prime Minister John Briceno mentioned that the Election and Boundaries Commission had to make the best of a tricky situation.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“We need to understand something that the Elections and Boundaries Commission is independent of the Government and I think they’re trying to come up with the best out of a bad situation, where both parties are claiming they’re legitimate U.D.Ps. If you look at it, Mr. Barrow eked out a victory at the convention and when Ms. Panton asked for a recount the chairman said no recount but if you want, go to court. And he won by what two, three votes and she felt that she was taken advantage of so she wanted a recount and the chairman, for obvious reasons, decided end it right here, if you don’t like it, go to court. Tracy continued working the constitution the U.D.P, as far as I understand. I don’t study their constitution and she has followed the constitution and she visited different areas and if you have a number of signatures, from the various divisions calling for a convention it is incumbent on the chairman to call a convention and when he refuses to do so, he can’t contravene the constitution so what did she do. She went ahead, called for a convention and was elected as an interim leader in her mind, Who is right, I don’t know. I don’t interfere in their inter-arty politics. Now here you have two persons claiming to be the leader of the U.D.P. So what do you want the Elections and Boundaries do? I think they’re trying to come up with the best of a very bad situation.”