Email

Print

Two more witnesses testified today in Christine Perriott’s trial for her wrongful termination from BTL. This morning’s first witness was Romel Carcamo, the secretary of the Tripartite Body at the Labour Department. BTL’s attorney Andrew Marshalleck questioned if the Belize Communications Workers Union was legally registered and certified under the Trade Unions and Employers Organization Act. Carcamo said that as far as he knows the union was so registered. He was the last witness called by Christine’s attorney Antoinette Moore. He was unavailable yesterday and was subpoenaed to appear today.

Following Carcamo it was Martha Molina, the General Manager of Human Resources and Corporate Support Services. She told she recommended Christine’s termination to the executive committee because it was, “evident Christine Perriott did not want to be a part of Telemedia.” She says she received numerous complaints from Christine’s supervisors and managers about her performance. She adds that Christine wasn’t “pulling her weight” and that Christine only lasted as long as she did because she was on the union executive.

Molina underwent a rigorous cross examination which began this morning and ended this afternoon. She was the defence’s last witness. BTL’s CEO Dean Boyce was scheduled to testify but he is out of the country. Martha Molina was the last witness. Written arguments will now be submitted to Justice John Muria next week. Perriott was fired from BTL in February of 2007. In the lawsuit she is claiming it was because she was a vocal member of the union.