The Prime Minister of British Columbia David Eby says that if the opposition chief John Rustad does not bring allegations of blackmail, he raised internally with his party to the police, the government.
Eby made the comments on Tuesday, one day after the Canadian press obtained a letter disclosed Rustad to the Conservative Caucus, making allegations against a group of deputies who separated from the party.
“They try to make individuals sing jobs or contracts with them while trying simultaneously to force them to do or to say certain things in order to prevent the release of blackmail materials,” said the letter.
The “blackmail materials” include records of secret phones and SMS, according to the letter.
“It is a serious allegation which also strikes at the heart of this place behind me and the confidence of the public according to which legislators and staff members must be able to do their work for people without interference,” said Eby.
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“M. Rustad must explain to the public what is happening; He must provide the information he has to the police … and if he has not brought it to the police, for any reason, then we will. ”
The letter does not appoint the former conservatives, but made a quick response from Dallas Brodie, who was expelled from the party in January, and who declared that the letter is made up of “wild lies” and “without foundation, false and defamatory” on His new OneBC party.
On Tuesday, Brodie chick, Tim Thielmann on Tim, rejected the allegations.
“There is no evidence because he made these wild allegations, which are false and defamatory, to save himself, and he hopes, I think, to save the Conservatives and his party, who are ready to leave,” said Thielmann.
Politicologist at the University of British Columbia, Stewart Perst, said that the explosion could be a reputation setback for the conservatives of British Columbia, after an effective spring session that has put pressure on the NPD on controversial policies such as recent legislation to accelerate projects.
“They seem to be determined to keep the spotlight on themselves and make things as easy as possible for the NPD with this fight against intestine struggles,” said Perst.
“The emphasis is always on being the leader of law as opposed to the head of the province, and this can point out a lack of adequacy to govern in the long term, and really leaves a large way open to the NPD to demonstrate that they are the serious party, the adult party.”
The conservative strategist allies Blades with public affairs of Framepoint said that incident risks derailing the accent put by the party on the main political questions that could help them go down the road to the ballot box.
“I can only imagine that inside, they are a little frustrated on the side of the conservative caucus because they want to talk about the problems that really matter … Rather than oxygen is taken up by this political theater of dramatics of blackmail and corruption in politics,” she said.
“Ideally, what the Conservatives could do is position themselves in a way that comes back to business as quickly as tomorrow.”
ONEBC, on the other hand, pulled another Salvo on Tuesday, double the claims of interference in an election for the executive of the party at the annual general assembly of the British Columbia in early March.
Onbc has published a letter signed by 50 directors of the driving association calling for an external audit of the vote.
With Canadian press files
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