Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert
By Racquel Porter
Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert is to stand trial in March next year for allegedly making a false statement in her statutory declaration filings between 2015 and 2021.
The Integrity Commission's investigation report into the statutory declarations filed by Mrs. Dalrymple-Philibert alleges that she failed to disclose a Mercedes Benz GLA 250 motor vehicle, of which she was the legal owner.
The three-day trial, expected to begin on March 31, was scheduled after Judge Leighton Morris rejected an application by her legal team to have the matter thrown out on the basis of abuse of process.
The team, led by King's Counsel Peter Champagnie, had also submitted in its preliminary point application that the eight charges against Mrs. Dalrymple-Philibert were misplaced as the wrong procedure was followed in arriving at them.
In his ruling Friday, Judge Morris said it is impossible to conclude that the wrong procedure was followed and that there is no evidence to support that there was a breach.
Mrs. Dalrymple-Philibert is to return to the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court on February 7 for case management hearing.
She resigned as MP and House Speaker on September 21 last year over the matter.
But she was re-elected as the parliamentary representative for Trelawny Southern in a by-election on November 22.
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