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at onespotmedia.com pressure is mounting this evening on Westmoreland Central MP George Wright
to tender his resignation following allegations that he was involved in a physical altercation
with a woman the police have said both the mp and the unidentified woman have filed reports
complaining that they have been assaulted but the opposition wants the mp to resign
fashion brown has more a five-minute video that has been making the rounds on social media
with Westmoreland the central MP George wright at the center it starts with the man and the
woman walking towards each other here they're seemingly in conversation the man is then seen
dragging slapping and punching the woman a number of times in the head as they engage in a tussle at
one point the man picked up a stool and used it to hit the woman following the altercation the man is
seen driving away the woman then throws an object which hits his vehicle the man stops and comes out
of his vehicle he walks over to the woman's vehicle under seemingly another altercation
the video then ends with both persons leaving the scene head of the era one police headquarters
assistant commissioner of police Clifford chambers gave tvg news an update on the investigation what
we know is that on Tuesday of last week there was a complaint made against a businessman that
he had assaulted a female along with a stretch of road there in sister castle hanover and
there's also a complaint made against a female around the police station
the woman in the video filed a complaint at the anchor of a police station in san james
as it is now we are trying to get the persons who made the initial complaint to really come out and
allow themselves to be spoken to and or cause a written statement to be recorded so that
the investigators can handle this matter late this evening the hanover police told our news center
that they have been contacted by george wright's lawyer head of the criminal investigation division
for the hanover police detective inspector carl brown told the tvj news that arrangements are
being made to question mr wright yesterday gender affairs minister olivia grange said she was deeply
disturbed by the video and the allegation that a member of parliament was involved in the incident
she said she discussed the video with the national security minister dr horace chang
opposition spokesperson on gender affairs donna scott motley says the government mp
should resign immediately when i saw the video it was so traumatizing that i could not watch it
to the end the brutal beating which this man administered on a female was alarming
and i honestly was repulsed by it that um anybody could treat another human being like that
she says she's now looking to see how the matter will be treated by the government i think it will
send an important signal to the country how this is dealt with internally and by the government
no member of parliament who doesn't act such as this should be passing legislation
in this house we are looking to amending the domestic violence act to make it stronger
we are now almost concluded the discussion in the joint select committee on sexual harassment
this is an opportunity for the government government to demonstrate to the people
how it truly feels and i think that the member of parliament should be called upon to tender his
resignation george wright is a first-time mp who was elected in last september's general election
tvj news tried unsuccessfully to reach mr wright for comment on the matter varsion brown tvj news