Provincial party’s former chief of staff claims she was dismissed without reason or explanation
A former chief of staff of the Quebec Liberal Party has served her former employer with a formal notice of potential wrongful dismissal lawsuit, marking an escalation in internal party turmoil that has roiled the provincial opposition party.
Geneviève Hinse, who served as chief of staff for Quebec Liberal Parliamentary Leader Marwah Rizqy, was terminated earlier this week without advance notice to party leadership, according to media reports. Within days, party leader Pablo Rodriguez responded by removing Rizqy from her post as parliamentary leader and suspending her from caucus, citing a breach of trust.
Hinse's lawyer, Jacques Jeansonne, in the notice accused Rizqy of having “cavalierly claimed” to have dismissed Hinse from her job as chief of staff, “notably because of serious misconduct and a breach of confidence.” This violated established party custom by making unilateral personnel decisions that should have been deferred to party leadership, according to the notice.
In the legal notice delivered Wednesday afternoon and acquired by media outlets, Jeansonne explicitly stated that Rizqy failed to provide any justification for her actions, citing confidentiality concerns to party authorities when no legitimate grounds existed. The ultimatum gave Rizqy a 24-hour window to publicly acknowledge that Hinse's...
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