GREAT news for our First Minister regarding the positive outcome of the James Hamilton independent inquiry and I must say I’m not surprised at all. And what a relief after all the negative, political attacks against her good name through the usual right-wing media suspects, the BBC and political opponents who are clearly desperate.
However, one must still spare a thought for the female complainants who have been failed by the parliamentary system of investigation that covered the Salmond affair.
The problems that have been disclosed down the months need to be redressed in due course and in the name of proper scrutiny and objectivity.
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On a separate note, I wish to highlight the fact that the rules of the Scottish Parliament have been breached by a member (or members) of the parliamentary committee that interviewed the First Minister for eight hours.
I think the credibility of this committee and its function has been greatly compromised by the actions of one or more of its members who should be tracked down and charged with a clear breach of the rule covering expected confidentiality and no disclosures allowed to any outside party at all – a clear violation of parliamentary rules and in my opinion the penalty should be immediate removal from office plus no candidacy allowed in the upcoming Scottish election.
Lets face it, these people were preaching often enough about the necessity of the First Minister resigning if she had breached the Ministerial Code. How ironic if these same self-righteous antagonists ended up “falling on their own swords”. I’d call that true justice – good riddance!
Bernie Japs
Edinburgh
THE same degree of rigour and scrutiny should now be brought to bear on the committee members to identify who it was that leaked the information.
John MacDonald
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