– inquiry being held in his absence
The disciplinary hearing into charges of misconduct levelled against former PNCR Central Executive Committee (CEC) member James McAllister began on Saturday last in his absence after McAllister, in a letter to the committee, refused to attend the hearing.
He had previously been summoned twice to attend meetings of the PNCR’s Disciplinary Committee, but had been out of the country on both occasions.
In his letter (a copy of which Stabroek News has seen), McAllister said he believed the charges against him were intended to achieve a political objective and it was therefore not possible for him to attend the hearing.
