UBP leader Kim Swan says he is “very uncomfortable” about seven former UBP MPs “jumping ship without being true to their constituents.”Mr Swan has voiced his concerns about whether his former colleagues did things “decently and in order.”He said his greatest concern was whether Bermuda’s people were “getting the representation they voted for.”Mr Swan advised Governor Sir Richard Gozney that he was quitting after seven of his nine MPs and two UBP Senators resigned from the party.He said: “I am very uncomfortable with politicians who feel that once they have won an election they can do as they please, forgetting whose hard work and membership they represented to the electorate when they were seeking votes.”Mr Swan stressed that all UBP members joined with the expectation that the constitution would be followed.He said: “I am uncomfortable when MPs having being elected as members of one party, then jump ship.“How can we say to our young people that integrity doesn’t matter in politics and then pretend to be shocked at their behaviour.”Mr Swan pleaded with the party’s “dissidents” to: “Be true to the people who voted for you. Let’s do things decently and in order.”He went on: “One of the things about entering public life is the realisation that you will not always have your way.“I for my part am willing to accept whatever path our members and the wider public choose, even if I disagree. That is the nature of public life. That is the nature of party affiliation and public life.”Mr Swan said party chairman Jeanne Atherden had advised him late on Sunday evening, when he was overseas, that he no longer had the support of seven of his MPs.He said he was “obliged” to advise Sir Richard that “the UBP no longer held sufficient seats in the House of Parliament to form the Official Opposition and to offer my resignation.” Mr Swan said he acted in accordance with the Bermuda Constitution Order.Mr Swan said UBP members, the public and himself had been “wrestling with issues” surrounding the future of the UBP.This includes whether the party has the right personnel, whether MPs were connecting with the electorate, and whether past mistakes have tainted the party.Mr Swan said: “I came to the conclusion that change we must. And that is the crux of the matter; do we need a change of name or a change of personnel ... If we want to change our image we must begin by changing the substance.“One of the images from the past is that we are an elitist party where those in power do as they chose and ignore the people.“This is one of the things we must change; reinforcing old mistakes and perceptions. I am prepared to let the members of the UBP decide our fate, and I tie my own fate to theirs and their decision as I always have ever since I entered politics.”Mr Swan refused to speak about the ongoing legal proceedings but sources say the rebel UBP members have no plans to back down.As reported in The Royal Gazette yesterday, the handful of UBP members, led by Mr Swan, are growing increasingly frustrated that they have not yet heard from former UBP members Trevor Moniz and John Barritt and UBP chairman and Senator Ms Atherden since the writs were served on Thursday.UBP members discussed the matter with their Attorney Graveney Bannister yesterday afternoon, as soon as Mr Swan returned to the Island.They believe they have a “solid case” and want to put forward a constitutional challenge over how the UBP was to be dissolved and how the merger was to be carried out. They successfully obtained a temporary injunction halting the proposed merger last week with Mr Bannister telling Commercial Court the process was “fundamentally flawed.”The former UBP MPs plan to respond to the papers served as they insist they did stick to the party’s constitution.Sources say it’s “a bit sad really” that Mr Swan is only questioning the procedure of the party’s dissolving after his last-minute motion to join forces with another party, headed by Harold Darrell, was voted down, 63 to 19.Mr Swan is said to have created a committee to look at changing the UBP a year ago without questioning the procedure, so in essence he was “complaining about himself.”The soon-to-be OBA members insist Mr Swan’s injunction was “unsuccessful in delaying the inevitable” as from today the UBP would no longer be recognised as the Official Opposition.There is also “confusion and very murky waters” surrounding the validity of the injunction as “some people are named on the application without even knowing it.”Ms Atherden yesterday confirmed she had still not been served any papers, but Mr Bannister said they “could not find her” and legally speaking the papers only had to be served to at least one respondent.Mr Bannister added that the temporary injunction “very much remains in place.”UBP candidate Devrae Noel-Simmons, who is named on the injunction, said: “The resignations didn’t come as a shock. They have done what they believe they have to do.“We are also continuing with what we believe in. We represent the voters and we are going to make sure they get what they want. MPs make a commitment to their constituents and this is a democracy.”