DISMISSED city magistrate Geeta Chand-Edmond on Saturday arrived to resounding applause, tassa drumming and huge crowd approval when she showed up at the coalition rally organised by A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change in Linden, Region 10.The former magistrate was accompanied by her husband, Attorney-at-Law Joel Edmond who did not hesitate to sport the colors of the coalition.Magistrate Edmond was fired from the bench by the Judicial Service Commission in what the commission said was a number of infractions committed by the then serving magistrate.
Chand-Edmond for her part had told reporters that her dismissal was on baseless grounds and said that she was dismissed after serving her country in a manner that was above board. She has since moved to appeal her dismissal.
Early last year, the magistrate had indicated to this newspaper that while she was on leave, her minutes books were secured and when she returned from leave she discovered that the books were missing. She was then forced to commence retrial of all the matters which were logged in those books, many of which she was at final stage of giving her ruling when the books disappeared.
Also appearing at the rally in Linden on Saturday was former Opposition Leader and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform Robert Corbin who has been away from the public stage ever since he left office.
The rally was attended by a very large gathering. The event saw the coming together of executives and supporters of the AFC and APNU in a unified rally which was widely publicised. The two parties joined forces a few weeks ago and will be contesting the poll as one body in an effort to win the upcoming National and Regional Elections set for May 11.
(By Leroy Smith )