Bridgewater Wraps Up Testimony In Court

After more than a week on the witness stand, PLP Senator Pleasant Bridgewater on Monday wrapped up her testimony in the Election Court.

Earlier Monday morning, Fred Smith, who represents Marco City Member of Parliament Zhivargo Laing, continued to cross-examine Ms. Bridgewater, not only on her list of challenged voters, but also on those being challenged by Mr. Laing.

Ms. Bridgewater is trying to prove that she and not Mr. Laing is the duly elected Member of Parliament for Marco City.

Ms. Bridgewater is challenging 95 voters, while Mr. Laing on Monday dropped another three voters from his list and is now challenging only 46 voters.

Mr. Smith notified the court that his side did not intend to proceed with challenging Marco City voters, Dionne Carol Carey, William Bernard Percentie and Deannar Kendra Forbes.

Under cross-examination by Mr. Smith, Ms. Bridgewater alleged that certain voters like Connie and Lewis Missick, Letoya Pinder, Ivalee Pratt, Maria Valdes and others were not ordinarily resident in Marco City in the six months leading up to the election.

Mr. Smith suggested that they were eligible to vote in Marco City, while Ms. Bridgewater told the court otherwise.

She said that to her knowledge, Mr. and Mrs. Missick had purchased a home in the High Rock constituency.

Ms. Bridgewater said Ms. Pinder had moved to Turks and Caicos, Ms. Pratt had relocated to Bootle Bay outside of the Marco Constituency and Ms. Valdes had moved to Nassau in the months leading up to election.

Ms. Bridgewater was asked about five people on Mr. Laing’s list of challenged voters.

One of those voters was former senior deputy manager at ZNS, Diana Wilson Swann.

Mr. Smith contends that she didn’t reside in the constituency in the six months leading up to the election, while Ms. Bridgewater claims that she did.

Following a brief re-examination by her attorney, Philip "Brave" Davis, Ms. Bridgewater left the witness stand. She had given evidence to the court since February 26.

Following Ms. Bridgewater on the witness stand was one of her office workers and campaigners, Italia Rolle.