Call the cops and clear the air: The PC Party cannot investigate accusations of criminality against its own member
Sorry, but it's time to call in the police to investigate the bribery accusations against an MLA who was until last Friday a junior member of Premier Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative cabinet.
I'm sorry to say this because the allegations made against Edmonton-Ellerslie MLA Naresh Bhardwaj may very well be completely frivolous, and also because due process, including the part about people being considered innocent until proved guilty by a court of law, is a fundamental principle of the rule of law.
But as I said in this space and on this topic a few days ago, the Iron Law of Politics requires that justice not only be done, but that it appear to be done.
Moreover, the Progressive Conservative government itself must bear some of the responsibility for this situation.
READ MORE: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/djclimenhaga/2015/03/call-cops-and-clear-air-pc-party-cannot-investigate-accusations-
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