Vanessa Kissoon, four others appear before court

FORMER A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) and longstanding People’s National Congress (PNC) member, Vanessa Kissoon, yesterday appeared before a magistrate in Linden where a charge of “intent to provoke a breach of the peace” was levelled against her. Reports reaching this publication indicate that Kissoon was on Tuesday evening reportedly arrested in Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, for disrupting the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) public meeting there.

According to one source, Kissoon and her party colleagues stormed the PPP’s meeting place “chanting and making noise” in an attempt to disrupt the meeting. At this point, they were instructed by police to cease their behavior, but they refused.
While some reports claimed that Kissoon and the others were arrested, she dismissed these claims yesterday.
As of yesterday, the former MP disclosed that herself and four residents of Linden, namely Juliet Atwell, Alieshaw Barker, Leonie Alexander and Marcelle Williams, appeared before a magistrate in Linden on various charges.
She further related that the case was “put down” until May 6, 2015.
These events followed disciplinary actions taken by Kissoon’s party, PNC, against her last year, after she was accused of verbally and physically assaulting General Secretary of the Party, Oscar Clarke. Kissoon was instructed to apologise for misconduct; however, this recommendation, which was made by the party’s Disciplinary Committee, has been blatantly ignored.
During last month, Kissoon was also fingered in an alleged assault on Minister within the Finance Ministry, Juan Edghill at a flag-raising ceremony. Reports further indicate that she was restrained by ranks of the Guyana Police Force after her attempt to assault the Minister.
Edghill said Kissoon’s distasteful behaviour is now “expected”, noting that “no Lindener should be surprised by her actions”.