And on top of that, Panton said that only 28 of 106 NPC members voted, which is only 27%. She also added that quorum wasn't met in the physical meeting, despite Peyrefitte saying it was. She believes that the NPC meeting was done in a way that forfeited any meaningful path to unity.
Tracy Panton, Leader of the Opposition
"This resolution was put before the floor, on the floor, virtually. They did not have a quorum at the physical meeting. They did not have a quorum at the virtual meeting. And to say that these resolutions were resolutions that carried, because as I saw in one of the media outlets, there was a message from the chairman who says the voting will continue until five."
"If you don't specifically object, it means that you voted for. That is pure madness. That is not the democracy that I know. That is not the democracy that we believe in. That is not the democracy that we intend to promote or uphold."
"Were it a genuine effort, we would have been at that meeting. If the meeting was genuinely to bridge the gap, to bridge the divide, to hold hands and say it's not going to be perfect, but let's find a way to move forward together, there would be no reason to exclude a former party leader, the lead senator for us in the Senate, and the caretaker for collet from a meeting. If it was a genuine attempt to bring us back into the fold, in my view, that is not the case."
