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PNCR Region 10 members dissatisfied with treatment of MP Kissoon
Region 10 People’s National Congress Reform members in a recent letter to Leader of the Party David Grainger, and seen by this newspaper, have expressed their dissatisfaction with the matter involving the suspension of A Partnership for National Unity Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon, after an alleged altercation with General Secretary Oscar Clarke.
Vanessa Kissoon
In the correspondence, the members noted that they found it unfortunate that someone of petite stature, such as Ms Kissoon, should have had to endure the ‘overtly aggressive behaviour’ by a man who towered over her.
“Without hearing her side of the story, you singularly took a decision to suspend her membership”, the Region 10 members pointed out in their letter.
The letter further stated, “The members of Region 10 would like the following to be recorded:
(a) Ms Kissoon is a member of this party, like every one of us and, as such we own a piece of this organization; (b) Ms Kissoon is not an employee of this party and cannot be suspended by the party leader or any officer in the organization; (c) The rules of the party are clear that discipline falls within the purview of stipulated disciplinary authorities of which the Leader is not one; (d) your letter of 24th June addressed to Ms Kissoon stating that you have taken the decision to suspend her membership preceded the statutory Central Executive Committee meeting that was scheduled for 25th June; and (e) The Region is aware that Ms Volda Lawrence, Vice Chairman, was not considered for arbitrary discipline by you, whereas Ms Kissoon is being subjected to such. Your failure to respect the equality of both women confirms the view that your attack on Ms Kissoon is driven by ulterior motive which we in the Region can speculate on, given the tone of our existing relationship.”
The letter further added that Region 10 has been under ‘constant assault’ from Congress Place.
The Region 10 PNCR members noted that senior executives of the party such as Mr Granger and Mr Basil Williams had visited Linden through a meeting organized by Congress Place on April 29th 2014, but had failed to include Regional Party leaders, and that invitations were only issued to some members.
The agenda for that meeting did not contain any issue of concern to the Region and was subsequently aborted after members who demanded answers to several issues, the letter stated.
According to the concerned members, several requests to meet with Granger had been ignored, while they are aware that he had travelled to New York USA to meet with a group there.
The letter also addressed the issue of Ms Sandra Adams, and noted that Congress Place wants ‘to foist’ her (as Regional Supervisor) on the members in Linden, without consultation or affording the Region the opportunity to select one.
“As members we know efforts have been made for months to meet with you to address our grievances and concerns, but on every occasion an excuse has been given why you are indisposed to meet with us and have constructive engagement.”
They called the demand for the keys to the party office in Linden “an act of aggression” towards the elected officials of Region 10.
They further pointed out that the Regional party members stand united in support for the party’s constitution, which details the producers for discipline.
“We also stand united in the belief that Ms Kissoon’s rights are being denied and that she is being unduly targeted as a leader in this Region for repeated attacks, public embarrassment and now disrespect by the General Secretary Oscar Clark”.
They demanded that the continuous assault by Congress Place cease immediately, as they acknowledged that Municipal and National Elections are due and therefore unity was important to obtain the desired results.
It was further alleged in the letter that the issues might have been orchestrated to undermine Regional activities geared towards selecting party executives.
“Region 10 wishes to make it known that we cannot be demanding accountability in the corrupt operations of the PPP to uphold the constitution, yet embrace similar acts of constitutional violation in the very party we seek to have replace the PPP. By copy of this correspondence, we are instructing Chairman Sharma Solomon not to cooperate with the injustice against Ms Kissoon by submitting any name to be part of any Disciplinary Committee that is unconstitutionally formed and advising that the people of Region 10 are not to be forced into political action and to demand justice for MP Vanessa Kissoon.”
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