U.D.P. Repeats – Alliance Convention Voting Results will be Void

The back and forth between the United Democratic Party’s leadership and members of the Alliance for Democracy movement continues with both sides issuing press releases on Monday, slamming each other. The U.D.P.’s release denounced what the party referred to as quote, “the deception and fraud being committed by the Alliance for Democracy Party in their continued efforts to disseminate outright lies regarding the U.D.P.,” unquote. The party accuses the alliance of using various social media platforms to do this and it again, vehemently states that it is not conducting a National Convention on October twentieth. In fact, the party’s release states that the next National Convention is not scheduled until after the 2025 General Elections. Today, U.D.P. Vice Chairman, Alberto August told News Five that the results of the votes at the upcoming will be totally void.

 

Alberto August, Vice Chairman, U.D.P.

“There is no national convention and, and we are, we are basing on the fact that the national party council had agreed by resolution that there will be no national convention of the United Democratic Party until after the next general elections and that we’re going to proceed to those elections with the current executive leadership in place. That is where we stood. But then we heard it talking about 205 delegates or something to that effect, requesting a national convention. There are several things that has to happen in terms of a national convention. And article six of the U.D.P.’s constitution deals with the conduct of conventions. And at article six, five of the constitution clearly informs Before you proceed to a national convention, there has to be what you call a voters list for the purposes of those conventions. Just like an ordinary election, um, the elections and bungo department and on nomination day provides you with a list of those persons who are going to the polls in the upcoming elections. The constitution of the U.D.P. is designed in similar manner.  The constitution at Article six five informs that the list of the names of delegates and alternate delegates. must be provided, must, you know, say shall or should or maybe or must be provided to the secretary general of the party at least six weeks before the conduct of a national convention. The last time I checked with the secretary general of the party, there was no such list submitted to the secretary general. We had what, five, maybe even four weeks before this convention. So the six weeks period has already passed.  So whatever they’re having on the 28th of October is basically being conducted with non-authorized delegates of the party. that way, if you want to put it that way, because there’s no official list in accordance with article six, five of the constitution, none.”