Nicole files legal letter

Former Congress of the People (COP) chairman Nicole Dyer-Griffith said she was not taking legal action to stop the party’s election of a new leader on Sunday, but has served pre-action letters on the party’s chairman and, “purported members of the illegally constructed”, national executive for breach of contract.

Dyer-Griffith, at a media conference yesterday at The Chancellor Hotel in St Ann’s, said after her application in January, she received a welcome letter, party card and her name was placed on the official list of COP members. Therefore, her removal meant she was expelled.

“Upon this basis, a legally binding contract was formed between the party and myself, having a legitimate expectation to the rights of all members, including contesting the position for political leader.” She said COP chairman Jamieson Bahadur, speaking at the COP’s operations centre on Sunday, claimed some officials were going against the party’s constitution when Dyer-Griffith applied to rejoin the party and he also said she was found to be ineligible as a member.