But what many thousands of voters who call themselves UDP want to know is whether the party can finally unify behind a leader for the medium to long term. We put that question to the chairman:
Cherisse Halsall
"Will this convention once it's new leader is declared serve in anyway to united this party?"
Micheal Peyrefitte - Chairman of the United Democratic Party
"Well absolutely, both parties have agreed that who ever is victorious on Sunday, the party will get behind that leader and give that leader it's full support which ever way it can to move the party forward because after Sunday, there is no more Tracy camp or Shyne camp, after Sunday we're one United Democratic Party and we go again, if the needs be, conventions are coming up in the future, they will have to take place, that's the nature of politics."
Cherisse Halsall
"We all know the nature of Shyne Barrow, he's not a take it as you will type of guy, were he to lose, you would think that he would not give up, that he would somehow continue trying to strive to become the party leader at the next point when that is due. What would you say to that?"
Micheal Peyrefitte
"Well I don't see how that will be different from Hon. Panton, I think if you have anybody who is in a leadership position in an organization, if they don't want to serve in the ultimate position of service, which the leader of that organization, I would tell you that they are lying because like I said before, whoever wins on Sunday, will unify behind that one person. When we have conventions again in the future, they are due under the constitution of the UDP and those conventions will have to be held. Remember, this is a special convention because a leader has resigned, it doesn't mean whoever wins on Sunday is the leader for life."
