And while Shyne hopes to field 31 candidates - even if the vast majority of them are political unknowns and unelectable - Tracy Panton plans to field 18, at least including some known names like Faber, Saldivar, Beverly Williams, Omar Figueroa, Elodio Aragon, and maybe even Lee Mark Chang.
And this is why mediation is not likely to succeed. Both sides have indicated to the court they would be willing to accept mediation - but the prospects of success appear form the outside to be almost nil.
Shyne Barrow's attorney yesterday told us about as much:
Dr Christopher Malcom, Shyne Barrow's Attorney
"If you're talking about mediation where somebody is not even prepared to honor an order of the court to act by compliance to, how do you establish an atmosphere for mediation that anyone can be comfortable in?"
"Mediation arises where parties are going into an environment where there's comfort and there's an understanding that the process will have some integrity."
We'll let you know if and when mediators are named...
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