OBA Party Announcement Postponed
Today’s [May 12] scheduled announcement from the One Bermuda Alliance [OBA] has been postponed, with a spokesman saying it was due to “unforeseen circumstances which did not come up until last night.”
The OBA will consist of members from both the Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA] and United Bermuda Party [UBP].
On May 3 members of the UBP met and voted to authorize party officers to dissolve the UBP, and merge with the Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA] to form a new party.
Clearly not all UBP members were in agreement, as on May 10th a group filed an injunction seeking to stop the UBP from dissolving. The complainants were UBP leader Kim.Swan, MP Charles Swan, Devrae Noel Simmons, Erwin Adderly, Charlie Marshall, Robert Lewis, Ola Gabisi, Patience Godfrey, Austin Woods and party joint chairman Montell Currin.
The PLP previously reacted to the merger by saying, “We will not be distracted by their name changes and internal politics, but will instead stay focused on the many challenges facing our community….The reunion of the Opposition parties, and the renaming of their ‘new’ entity, is not our predominant concern.”
It is unclear when the announcement will be held.
