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United Democratic Party moving slowly back toward unity; Patrick Faber skips House meeting

Posted: Monday, March 13, 2023. 6:00 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: Patrick Faber, area representative for Collet, missed Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives in Belmopan, and to date, it is not clear whether he will be appearing during the Budget Debate starting next week Wednesday.

The United Democratic Party continues its preparation for the forthcoming general and municipal elections with the selection of standard bearers countrywide, followed by municipal candidates. But while Ian Jones is the selected standard bearer for Faber’s seat, senior party members including Belmopan standard bearer John Saldivar and Area Rep. Tracy Panton have called on the party to bring Faber back into the fold.

Opposition Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow told reporters last week that as to seat, Faber and Jones will have to “come to terms” and that if Faber is prepared to support his leadership, then he is welcome subject to Jones resigning his candidacy as the party cannot now revoke it.

On a related note, Barrow says that at the next National Party Council (NPC) meeting of the UDP, a resolution is expected to be passed that confirms him as party leader without challenge going into the next general election, as was agreed for his father, Dean Barrow, in 2019.

Shyne says Faber would naturally be a part of a future administration in a familiar capacity: “I couldn’t think of a better Minister of Education to appoint.” Faber was Minister of Education in all three terms of the Dean Barrow administration.

As for whether party infighting has been resolved through the various conventions in each constituency, the Leader of the Opposition says the party is united by its goals and agenda: “I am optimistic that at the end of the day all of us are participating in this organization, participating in a representative politics because we want to make a difference in the lives of the people in our constituencies, in our communities, in our nation and at the end of the day it is that common goal, that common objective, that common agenda that binds us all. I don’t believe anywhere on earth human beings agree on everything and human beings are without discord however what human beings do have the ability to do is prioritize and to identify commonalities and focus on those commonalities.”

 

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