Moses “Shyne” Barrow condemns “criminal enterprise” after curtailed National Party Council meeting

Published by BBNTEAM at June 15, 2025

Posted: Sunday, June 15, 2025. 12:32 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: Moses “Shyne” Barrow has condemned what he calls the “criminal” behavior of supporters of Leader of the Opposition Tracy Taegar-Panton outside United Democratic Party headquarters on Saturday during the National Party Council meeting scheduled for ten in the morning.

Of 118 members of the UDP NPC, the quorum at 59 could not be met. While some reports say only 11 members were in attendance, Barrow reported to BBN that 26 members were inside and another 30 were outside and were prevented from entering. BBN could not independently confirm how much members were actually in attendance, or how much were prevented from entering the building or even how much chose just not to attend.

But according to Barrow, the agenda would have seen “forgiveness” of Taegar-Panton and her supporters – allowing them to rejoin the party and participate in a program of reunification, reset and redirection as a united Opposition.

Instead, he saw behavior that “horrified” him and convinced him that as much as he would want to, he could not safely trust the UDP in the hands of those who he said acted “no better than a banana republic, no better than the Cartel who act outside the bounds of the law.”

The next steps for the party are uncertain as the National Convention is tentatively set for October 5 but must be preceded by constituency conventions and other procedures.

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