It’s déjà vu in the United Democratic Party, Michael Peyrefitte is out… again. Yep, less than a month after stepping back into the spotlight as UDP chairman, he’s already walked away from the job he just reclaimed. And yes, if that sounds familiar, it’s because he already stepped down earlier this year. Peyrefitte first resigned after the March twelfth general elections, where the People’s United Party swept the polls. Then came the twist. In a move no one really saw coming, Shyne Barrow and Tracy Taegar-Panton pulled him back into the mix, hoping he could help steady a party still rocked by internal drama. Peyrefitte agreed, but with a clear warning: if the infighting didn’t stop, he wouldn’t stick around. Fast forward to this past Saturday’s National Party Council meeting, and things went sideways. Not only was Opposition Leader Tracy Taegar-Panton left out of the meeting, but the party also held a virtual vote to kick Senator Patrick Faber out entirely. So, what happened behind the scenes? And what does this mean for the future of the UDP? Before we get into the fallout, let’s rewind to June twenty-fourth, when Peyrefitte sat down with us after reclaiming the chairmanship.
Mike Peyrefitte, Returning Chairman, U.D.P. (File: June 24th, 2025)
“I can tell you that all three of them fully support me coming back as chairman. I spoke to all of them yesterday and again today. And all three of them, I won’t go as far as to say that I was encouraged by them to come back to help with this process. But that, to me, is just a matter of details. We are in current discussions about how we go forward. I think there was a lot of positivity that was expressed to me yesterday and today and I look forward to us solving this in the very, very near future. And hey, if it doesn’t work out, I can always resign again because if I believe that we’re not moving in a direction that I’ve been promised we would be moving, then I reserve the right to say well I thought I was coming into an environment where we all accepted that we all grow where each of us grow and we all are to be blamed for whatever is wrong with the party.”