MP Charlie Swan says he remains undecided whether to represent Bermuda’s new political party, One Bermuda Alliance (OBA).The United Bermuda Party MP says he has not been involved in merger talks and he does not yet know “which hook to place my hat on.” The official merger of the UBP and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance is to be announced on Thursday morning just a day before the House of Assembly resumes.But Mr Swan is unhappy the formation of the new party took place behind closed doors without any consultation of party members or voters. He is the first MP to voice his dissent at the new party, which looks set to see UBP MP John Barritt as interim leader and Senator Jeanne Atherden as interim chairperson.Mr Swan, who represents Southampton West Central said: “I have a seat in the House of Assembly and I will sit in it, but I can make no guarantees about the future.“I am saying I will wait to see how it goes, then I will make my decision.“I cannot say if I will stay where I am. The point is I may stay or I may not. When an election is called is when I will decide which hook to place my hat on.”As far as Mr Swan is concerned he was elected as an UBP MP and he wants to hear what his constituents think of the merger before he decides on his future.He wants to know the “direct input and views” of those in constituency 31 whether they voted for him or not.“I was elected to serve my constituents under the United Bermuda Party and I will continue to do so to the best of my ability,” Mr Swan said.Shadow Transport Minister Mr Swan expanded on his views after The Royal Gazette published a letter from him to his constituents yesterday.He said the merger of the UBP and BDA was a “pretty major decision” and should have been treated as such by all concerned.Mr Swan described the way the merger had happened as “disturbing” for him and also for voters.He said: “I don’t like the way the process has gone and I will have to wait and see what the end result will be.“I do feel that the actual ends have been justifying the means. It’s always been about getting the two groups together.“But I felt that we lost sight of the procedures and what should have happened. I believe some things were overlooked.”Mr Swan said the merger talks should have included “a lot more consultation.” He believes party members and constituents should have had the chance to air their views.He said the merger could be compared to controversial issues such as the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO and the decision to bring the Uighurs to Bermuda as “the public was kept out the loop.”Mr Swan said: “More effort should have been made for a better consultation process. There should have been more people involved in the process.“To the best of my knowledge, at no time during these merger negotiations have either paid up, non paid-up, or other supporters of myself and/or the United Bermuda Party, nor any other individual constituent in my or other areas, been organised an opportunity to express their views on the UBP closure.“The negotiations should have allowed for, and included, this provision. I do have a little trouble with that.”Mr Swan was elected in a December 2008 by-election after Jon Brunson decided to step down. He said “a lot had happened” over the last two years “beginning with the departure of three UBP MPs and culminating with what we have today.”Mr Swan said he tried to encourage MPs Shawn Crockwell, Mark Pettingill and Donte Hunt to stay with the UBP and help “change the party.” He then says he asked them to return and “there was plenty of opportunity for this to happen.”Mr Swan said there were “understandably” lots of calls for the BDA MPs to resign as they no longer represented the party they were elected under.He said: “Back then people took issue with three MPs moving party.“Now we are effectively seeing the same thing happening but now we have nine UBP MPs joining another party.”Mr Swan said he agreed in principle with the merger as “the group is back together again” but he wants people to know he did not vote or express any opinion during talks.He was off island last week so did not attend the meeting where UBP members voted to disband and join forces with the BDA. They voted 68 to 14 in favour of forming the OBA with their former colleagues who broke away in September 2009.Mr Swan said he hadn’t planned to talk publicly about the merger, but “couldn’t keep quiet any longer.”He describes himself as an “eternal optimist” but said the new party’s interim period of up to about six months would be crucial. He said this was when “the composition of the executive will be hammered out.”He said: “The workings of the party is what concerns me.“I have got to get through this interim period to see how things pan out. Then I will decide what I am going to do.”Mr Swan said at least one other member of the UBP is “on the same page as him.” This is understood to be UBP leader Kim Swan who at last week’s meeting put forward a motion calling for a decision to be delayed for several weeks.Kim Swan has not spoken to the media about the merger of the two parties. He said: “I will address things when I’m ready.”