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Jul 22, 2014 News
As the countdown for the Congress of the PNC/R draws near, several issues were yesterday raised by the Linden committee of the party. Linden PNC/R committee member Leslie Gonsalves at a press conference said that he strongly believes that the recent suspension of Vanessa Kissoon is not being addressed properly.
According to Gonsalves, the PNC/R groups in Linden had mandated him to represent the issue of the suspension of Ms. Vanessa Kissoon by the Leader of the party,
He said that the group dispatched a letter to the party Leader on July 14, last, indicating the group’s discomfort with the suspension and the composition of the Disciplinary Committee, among others things.
Gonsalves said that they got a response from the Leader on July 15. However, according to Gonsalves, the letter did not address any of the issues raised and neither had he set a time that he would be desirous of engaging them.
The Linden committee member further told the media yesterday that since these exchanges Ms. Kissoon has received a letter on July 16, signed by Mr. Allan Monroe, Chairman of Mr. Granger’s disciplinary committee, informing her of the charge against her, and requesting that she submit a statement by July 19. The committee would start its hearing today.
Having considered these events, Ms. Kissoon has been advised by the membership in Linden not to appear before the committee, Gonsalves said.
He said that all the explanations coming from the Leader have never justified that his action was consistent with the Party Rules. He noted that Linden is clear and has taken a principled position on this issue since “we recognize that it is the Rules of the party that have to guide the business of the party.
“Mr. Granger has repeatedly said he is operating within the Rules/Constitution. In our perusal of the Party Rules we did not find any rule that authorizes him to suspend Ms. Kissoon and neither has he sought to provide the evidence of the rule that authorizes him to suspend Ms. Kissoon,” Gonsalves told the media.
Gonsalves maintained that the argument by Granger is that the issue is serious and as such a decision was taken by him to suspend Ms. Kissoon. However he is stressing that since Kissoon is not an employee it doesn’t apply to her.
“Ms. Kissoon is a member of the party and owns a piece of the party just like Mr. Granger and as such any decision to suspend her has to come after an investigation has been conducted and the member found guilty,” Gonsalves said.
Another issue, Gonsalves said, involves the five persons who were not constitutionally mandated by Disciplinary Committee, but appointed specifically by Mr. Granger to make legitimate, his act of suspending Ms. Kissoon.
Those comprising the Committee are Allan Monroe (Chairman), Lance Carberry, political advisor to the Leader; Malika Ramsey, Christopher Jones and Cheryl Sampson. He said that all the persons are members of the Central Executive Committee and have voted supporting the Leader’s decision to suspend Ms. Kissoon.
Further, Gonsalves said that the committee did not take kindly to the statement made on February 1, last, by Ms. Amna Ally to the Leader of the party, in the presence of some, that he will have to get rid of Ms. Kissoon or she will leave the party.
He said Ms. Ally’s comment came after Ms Kissoon requested of Ms. Ally that she be spoken to with respect.
Gonsalves claims that at the next sitting of the National Assembly Ms. Kissoon was moved to the back bench without prior notification.
“There exist serious concerns since it has become obvious that there are some in the leadership of the party who are using our women to create cat fights in effort to divert attention how the affairs of the party are being managed and the poor representation done on behalf of its constituents” Gonsalves noted.
“Having examined the entire situation the Linden Committee has been mandated to commence dialogue with Congress Place to find common ground to bring about a resolution before the Delegates Congress and the failure to do so will leave us with no alternative but to have it resolved on the floor at Congress, which is the Party’s highest decision-making forum” Gonsalves posited.
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