In 2003 - the election year - certain members of the House of Assembly decided to spend all or virtually all of their constituency allowances in the first 6 months of the budget year.
These people - and we need to know who they are - decided to use constituency money for an election campaign (unofficially). They knowingly used a disproportionate amount of the allowance - leaving - if they were unsuccessful - a new member with little or no constituency money.
This tells the voter - that the member put their own re-election ahead of the people.
The Liberal candidates in the upcoming by-elections have called for a public enquiry - why not tell us instead - which Liberal members exhausted their constituency allowances before the general election October 2003...otherwise it is spin - learning quickly.
Now they want to pay it back and let bygones be bygones - without telling us who used the money inappropriately. They want to let the process go through its course - hogwash - they know if they did it or not. They say they want to be open and accountable now - well prove it. Tell us who you are.
Did any Liberal do it in an attempt to save their seat - in a Tory Tidal Wave? Are any of them sitting now?
Did any incumbent long-sitting Tories do it to sure up their vote - for a shot at Cabinet?
Did the NDP do it to save their two seats?
Make them answer this question!
When you get the answer - then make up your own mind. If they don't want to tell you the answer should be obvious.
The Liberal candidates that have called for a public enquiry on the whole constutency spending mess - they should be willing to tell us what sitting Liberals and those defeated in 2003 disproportionatley spent their constituency funds in the first 6 months of that year.
Sample Question:
How much was left in your constituency allowance after the October 2003 election?
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