Sascha Wil­son

Sus­pend­ed par­lia­men­tary rep­re­sen­ta­tive for San Fer­nan­do East Patrick Man­ning formed a sea of red with his sup­port­ers as they com­plet­ed the fi­nal leg of his sev­en-day walk for "jus­tice and democ­ra­cy."The for­mer prime min­is­ter with his troops, ac­com­pa­nied by drum­mers and a mu­sic truck, marched for 3.2 miles from Tarou­ba Link Road.Sev­er­al par­tic­i­pants armed them­selves with plac­ards list­ing what they re­gard­ed as in­jus­tices of the Peo­ple's Part­ner­ship Gov­ern­ment.Tak­ing charge be­fore the start at the march around 5.20 pm, Man­ning told sup­port­ers to be "dis­ci­plined...no loud talk­ing or shout­ing." Man­ning and his wife, for­mer ed­u­ca­tion min­is­ter Hazel Man­ning, led the march which was fol­lowed by a long line of cars trans­port­ing sup­port­ers. They were es­cort­ed by po­lice of­fi­cers.Al­so join­ing the march were Cepep work­ers, for­mer PNM min­is­ter Mustapha Ab­dul-Hamid, Ralph Maraj, Al­i­ca Hospedales, Lau­rel Leza­ma and for­mer coun­cil­lors.Man­ning's walk be­gan last Wednes­day from the Red House in protest of his sus­pen­sion.The Priv­i­leges Com­mit­tee found him in con­tempt for al­le­ga­tions he made about Per­sad-Bisses­sar's pri­vate res­i­dence in Phillip­ine, south Trinidad.Man­ning was in Cu­ba when the Par­lia­ment, on May 17, vot­ed 25 to nine in favour of his im­me­di­ate sus­pen­sion.