Letter: UNC to postpone internal vote?

Mr Panday is proposing that the internal elections of the UNC be postponed to a future date to allow each constituency to have discussions and make suggestions on the new constitution and recent amendments being proposed by Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

Mr Panday reiterated that the new constitution is far too important a document to be overshadowed by any internal election of the party.

As a result of this Mr Panday is proposing to have meetings with each constituency to discuss the proposed changes to the constitution and the implications for the rank and file of the UNC and to hear suggestions on these changes from constituents which he would take back to parliament and discussions with Manning.

In this way states Panday the rank and file of the UNC will have a special and direct voice in the changes which would affect not their future but the future of their children.

The proposal which has so far only been discussed privately already has the support of key members of the executive.

Nigel Salick | Penal, via email