A Step Closer to a Recall Convention to Remove Shyne as U.D.P. Party Leader

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The United Democratic Party is on the verge of another convention in the days ahead, following the submission of a sheaf of documents containing signatures from delegates who demand a recall of Shyne Barrow. This afternoon, shortly after two o’clock, Vice Chairman Alberto August arrived at the U.D.P. secretariat in the company of Delroy Cuthkelvin and Roosevelt Blades. The trio of stalwarts formally presented signed petitions that would trigger a recall convention, similar to an unsuccessful attempt at removing former party leader Patrick Faber from that post in 2021. A concerted effort undertaken by erstwhile chairman August, Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber and Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton garnered a little more than the requisite number of signatures needed to trigger the recall mechanism. Those petitions will be vetted, before a decision is announced on the way forward regarding the fate of the convention. The current party leader has come under fire from factions within the U.D.P. and has been soundly criticized by his peers for his style of management. .