Party Leader Dean Barrow also commented on proceedings yesterday at
his press conference. Not surprisingly he too said it is constitutionally sound,
and stressed that Moya is entitled to a defence.
Hon. Dean Barrow, UDP Leader
“I feel, if I may be allowed to respectfully say so, that the Mayor’s
application to the court is wholly misconceived because from what I have seen,
it seems to be based on the argument that due process is being denied when in
fact everything that the party has done and is doing is in accordance with the
party’s constitution and indeed is a multilayered process to ensure that
anybody is given due process.
If the Central Executive feels that the matter ought to be proceeded with
further, it invites the member whose conduct is in question to respond to written
charges that the central executive will formulate. After the member responds
in writing to those charges, if the Central Executive is not satisfied with
the response then it refers the matter to the Ethics and Integrity Committee
which then invites the member to an oral hearing at which representation is
accorded to the member, although not representation by any senior person of
the party. After that oral hearing is completed, the Ethics and Integrity Committee,
if it is satisfied that the charges have been laid out, can then proceed to
impose any of a number of sanctions, the most extreme of which is dismissal.”
For the time being – as per the undertaking of the party’s
lawyer – disciplinary proceedings against Moya have been put on pause.
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