The Return of Michael “Uncle P” Peyrefitte

Michael Peyrefitte, the former Chairman of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has officially withdrawn his March 18 resignation and returned to his leadership role.

This is seen as the latest move in another attempt to unify the UDP.

In a letter addressed to the current UDP Chairman, Peyrefitte stated that he is rescinding his resignation “for me to be Chairman again in order for me to help with the process of our Party becoming what we know it can be.”

The letter was also copied to Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Hugo Patt, and Tracy Panton.

Peyrefitte had initially stepped down in March amid internal calls for Shyne Barrow’s departure following the UDP’s poor showing in the March 12 general election, where the opposition was fragmented and suffered major losses.

Peyrefitte told reporters today that he resigned as chairman because he thought that his absence was in the best interest of the party at that point.

Peyrefitte said, “Since events that took place recently and before, both factions, if you could call it that within the party, reached out to me and indicated to me that they would like for me to rescind my resignation because they believe that at this point I could be of some assistance to have the party proceed in a way to have us healed and to have us have definitive leadership and for us to move forward.”

According to Peyrefitte, he initially resisted. He has even shared, “According to uno I was the BIGGEST problem, now am the ONLY solution? Get the f**k outta here” on his WhatsApp status last week.

Peyrefitte said, “Naturally, I initially resisted, but in the best interest of the party that I love and want to see move forward, I think it was important that if my colleagues were asking me to return, then I was obligated out of service to the party to come back and see if I could help with that process. So I agreed.”

He added, “I presented to the parties involved that I have a certain vision and a way I think we can solve the issues facing the party going forward. We are in discussion with those and we’ll see where it goes. I am fully prepared to take charge of the party so to speak up to the point where we have a national convention and the people of the party can vote…”