But not if the other aspirant for the job, Tracy Teagar Panton has anything to say about it. On Tuesday she told us that it is against the party's condition for Shyne to become leader of the opposition. Here's who she says it should go to:
Hon. Tracy Taegar Panton - UDP Area Rep, Albert Division
"I am predisposed to following the constitution of the party where, in that respect - and, it was one of the things I was advocating for when, in our previous history, there was an attempt to remove my colleague, Patrick Faber, as Leader of the Opposition in the House. You know I never supported that because the Constitution of the United Democratic Party is clear [on] how we deal with that. And we had bypassed those processes and I felt very strongly. I maintain my principal position that those decisions, first of all, must be taken to the National Party Council, and we must act in accordance with the constitution of the party. That says if the Leader is not able to take on that position, then it should be the Deputy Leader in the House. If not the Deputy Leader, then it must be the person with the longest standing, sitting in the House, and then beyond that, the person that got the largest number of votes in terms of margins. So, I think, if we follow our constitution, we should be fine. We do have a Deputy Leader who is in the house, the Honorable Hugo Patt. And, if he doesn't take on that role, the next in line would be me."
