What's happening with the case Bartolotti v Wallis?
Pippa Bartolotti was too busy to turn up in November. The one-day Tribunal was rescheduled for 20th January, but may be put off a week or two. Max Wallis has applied to hold the tribunal in Wales, not in London. This request was first refused, but has gone to appeal. Bartolotti is thought to agree to a Cardiff or Newport hearing, concerned to defend the Wales party over being termed a region of the English Green Party. The two sides are in the process of submitting witness statements.
In the meantime, there has been some Press interest in the tribunal contest.
The local Penarth Daily News reports
The distinguished Penarth green campaigner Dr Max Wallis,
who has been suspended as editor of the Green Party of Wales’s newsletter. is
being accused of “discrediting” Pippa Bartolotti – controversial leader of the
Green Party in Wales.
A second article was posted in WalesEye - Green with envy – on 15th December:
Huge splits within the Welsh Green party have revealed the
depth of the problems facing the movement under their controversial leader
Pippa Bartolotti,Wales Eye can disclose.
Dr Wallis says he acted reasonably, and proper procedures
were not followed in suspending him – accusations of bringing the party into
disrepute are absurd when the newsletter was only circulated within the
Greens. Protests by the Greens against
the NATO summit in Newport three months ago were widely disparaged as a
failure..... Meanwhile Party members have told Wales Eye of deep discontent at
grassroots level and a culture of attempted central control.
The South Wales Echo and walesonline on 4th December featured Leader of the Wales Green Party claiming to be a victim of string of false allegations. It quotes Bartolotti's "None, repeat none of them are true" and reports Max Wallis's retort that he "was acting reasonably in raising concerns about Ms Bartolotti".
The South Wales Echo and walesonline on 4th December featured Leader of the Wales Green Party claiming to be a victim of string of false allegations. It quotes Bartolotti's "None, repeat none of them are true" and reports Max Wallis's retort that he "was acting reasonably in raising concerns about Ms Bartolotti".