A PARTNERSHIP for National Unity (APNU) City Hall Councillor, Dexter Forte is on $10,000 bail for insulting People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Candidate and former Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green.

Forte, of Festival City, Georgetown, on Wednesday appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Particulars of the charge allege that Forte, on April 14, 2023, at Georgetown, called Chase-Green a name other than her name with the intent to insult her.

Forte was released on $10,000 bail, and the case was adjourned until June 14, 2023.

In April, a former member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), Trichria Richards, who is now running as a candidate for the PPP/C, had cause to make a report against Forte for harassment.

Richards had told the media that she will not be fazed by bullyism, vile threats and harassment that she has been receiving from members of the main political opposition.
However, tired of the continuous harassment from Forte, Richards said she had made an official report to the police about the individual’s behaviour towards her.
Richards and Chase-Green had crossed the political floor over a desire for “unity, progress and a One Guyana”.

The crossover of Chase-Green and other prominent figures has been seen as a major blow to the Opposition, which has since resorted to a campaign to discredit their former members’ credibility.