Panton Et al. Excluded from UDP Unity Meeting

The United Democratic Party is planning a unity meeting on June fourteenth, but there’s already controversy brewing. Opposition Leader Tracy Taegar-Panton says she wasn’t invited, and she’s not the only one. According to her, several other parliamentarians were also left out. “If this is supposed to be about unity, then why are key voices being shut out?” she asked. With the party struggling to rebuild and bring people together, this move raises serious questions about its direction. We spoke with Panton to find out what this could mean for the future of the UDP.

 

Tracy Taegar Panton, Leader of the Opposition

“I do understand that a meeting has been scheduled for the fourteenth of June.  It is being promoted as a meeting that seeks to reset and unify the party. It is anything but that. There are at least fifteen caretakers, elected representatives of this party along with their executive committees who have been excluded, have not been invited to attend this meeting and if we are going to reset and unite the political organization then we need all hands od deck, to hear from all persons. Some of what has been said or what has to be heard, may not be easy. But that is the place to trash it out. It is not in the public domain. It should not be in the public domain. It should be in spaces where we can work together to find the solution that ultimately serve the people. We are exploring the legal remedies that may be available to us on the matter of the NPC but it is unfortunate that we would have to go that route to have an internal discussion.”