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Vanessa Kissoon, four others face court for ‘breach of peace’ at PPP/C meeting
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon appeared before the
APNU MP
Vanessa Kissoon
Linden Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, charged with heckling the speakers at the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) meeting in Linden.
According to reports, Minister of Social Services, Jennifer Webster, and junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill were the main speakers at the meeting, which was being held in Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden.
As the meeting was about to start Kissoon, with her supporters, arrived and began behaving disorderly. They were warned to desist from their actions and Kissoon moved away.
During her court appearance, Kissoon pleaded not guilty to the charge that on Tuesday, March 24, she used insulting words towards former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Member of Parliament, Joseph Hamilton, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace.
Four other persons who were with her at the time, Juliet Atwell, Alieshaw Barker, Leonie Alexander and Marcelle Williams were charged as well.
Kissoon issued a media statement, saying that “the struggle for justice in Guyana continues to free the people of Guyana and particularly Linden/Region Ten which is under siege from police excesses and a police state that Guyana has become over the last few years.
“Citizens are seeing some law enforcement agents, instead of serving the citizens whose tax moneys pay them, operating in service to political masters.”
She said that she remains hopeful that the tenets of justice will reign and she will be declared not guilty at the conclusion of the court case.
“Nowhere in the PPP opposition history would this police harassment have been allowed without far reaching consequences for the image of the government. We in Linden remain concerned and alarmed at the double standards in society that some are willing to accept and silently condone,” the statement read.
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