Shyne’s Final Move Seeks to Amend UDP Recall Rule

The countdown is on for Shyne Barrow’s leadership of the United Democratic Party, at least according to Party Chairman Alberto August. He says Barrow’s time at the helm will officially end on October fifth, when the U.D.P. holds its National Convention. But before that happens, Barrow is making one last major move. He’s proposing a change to the party’s constitution, specifically, Article Eighteen, which currently allows the leader to be recalled at any time, without needing a reason. It’s a bold amendment that could reshape how leadership challenges are handled within the party.

 

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

“The leadership tenure of Shyne Barrow, with effect from today, is finite. There’s only one hundred and fourteen days from today to the fifth of October. The honorable Shyne Barrow, under the present situation, cannot, after the fifth of October, even purport to be the leader of the United Democratic Party and I would just leave it at that. Let me explain something to you, the honorable Shyne Barrow can come to the meeting tomorrow and he can propose to the National Party Council that “I want to remain the leader of the party until I die.” Just going to an extreme situation, he can propose whatever he wants, but the national, the constitution of our party, at article eighteen, states that any motion or resolution for amendment to the constitution must be brought to the floor of the national convention, put to a vote and will only pass if a two-thirds majority of those in attendance of the national convention. Surprisingly, in terms of amendment to the constitution, Shyne is proposing one aspect, as far as I know, to amend the constitution and that is, he is saying that he will propose an amendment that will make it difficult for any future leader of the United Democratic Party to have to go through what he went through while he was the leader of this party. What is he proposing? The constitution of our party states, I don’t know how it came in there but that’s another matter, states that the leader of our party can be recalled at any time, for no reason whatsoever. Now in this life dehn tell yoh, man for everything you have to have a reason. Now you are going to constitutionally remove the leader of your party and you don’t have to give no reason. Once you get the requisite amount of signatures then you can move for a resolution to recall your party leader. Shyne Barrow is saying, “Hold on, mein. That is what has us in the predicament that we are in today.”