The ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) is looking at reorganising its operations as it gears up for an election under the single seat system.

Party chairman Neville Tyrell said the party is comfortable with the compromise it made on the recommended number of Parliamentary seats.

Following the release of the Boundaries Commission report, which recommended that the Island be divided into 36 constituencies in the revamped system, the party hierarchy is planning to organise "surgeries" with the party's nine branches, said Mr. Tyrell yesterday.

"We will acquaint our people with the new methods they have to deal with," he said.

Adding 16 constituencies meant there would be "more work to be done" during election campaigning, he said.

He agreed that some reorganisation may be necessary but said that those decisions will be made "in-house".

The Bermuda Constitution has to be changed in order to give effect to the Commission's recommendations.

The report will be debated in the House of Assembly on October 11 and the Governor will send a record of the debate and the report itself to the Foreign Secretary who will decide the next steps before making an order changing the Constitution.

Britain has said a constitutional conference at that stage has not been ruled out.

Mr. Tyrell said his party was comfortable with the Commission's recommendation even though it is a compromise from its original submission suggesting that the Island's legislature have 32 seats.

"Basically I would say that the branches have previously supported 36 seats," he said.

"I see no reason why that should not be fully supported now that the recommendation has come out."

The matter was thrashed out "four or six weeks ago".

"In other words we've compromised - we have seen that it's probably the best thing to do at this time."