And, delving into other UDP matters, yesterday we told you the Alliance for Democracy had cancelled their press conference and issued a release saying they need to return to medication to address the current impasse.
That's a step back from the hardline taken the week before.
When we spoke with the party chairman today we asked him what does he make of the Alliance's slight shift in tone, and here's what he said:
Mike Peyrefitte, UDP Chairman
"I'm always the hopeless romantic in the bunch. I always think that things can work out and we can talk through things and we can unite and we can heal. I would always want to believe that up to a certain point."
"And I could also want that, but it takes two to tango. So let's see how it progresses from here. But what I am saying, what I will maintain is this, the internal business of the UDP pails in comparison to what's happening in this nation right now."
"And the PUP always shorts itself out. The PUP always, the UDP always, figures a way, the UDP always sorts its way out. So I'm not worried about that. We've seen bigger problems than this and we've worked our way through it."
"So I think it is proven that nothing and no person can destroy the UDP, nobody ever will. So we're not worried about the UDP. The UDP will be fine. We're asking people in not just those two areas, we're talking about two out of 31, we're asking the country to have the faith that they always have in the UDP to bounce back and form the government and deliver for the good of the people."
"That's all we're focused on. All those other internal issues that we have, we will always work them out the way we've always worked them out, which is as a family and we will come to some sort of solution."
"I say, rest easy. Don't hot your head. The UDP will correct itself. Let's focus on what this government is doing while trying to use the UDP as a distraction."
