The Everlasting Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC) met with former Liberal MNA Sona Lakhoyan Olivier relating to the mysterious textual content messages about “brownies” that undermined the management of former PLQ chief Pablo Rodriguez.
It was the particular person most immediately involved who revealed this info on Tuesday simply earlier than she entered the Purple Room for the query interval.
As a reminder, final November, the Journal de Montréal revealed textual content messages suggesting that sums of cash—known as “brownies”—had been paid to encourage members to vote for Pablo Rodriguez, then a candidate for the Liberal management. The people accountable for these textual content messages weren’t named within the article.
Then, Cogeco claimed that the 2 individuals behind these mysterious textual content messages had been Sona Lakhoyan Olivier and CAQ MNA Alice Abou-Khalil. Each elected officers rapidly denied the allegations.
On Tuesday, Sona Lakhoyan Olivier reaffirmed that she had nothing to do with this textual content message story. “I can’t watch for UPAC to seek out out who’s behind this,” she said throughout a press scrum on the Nationwide Meeting.
In March, “La Presse” reported that UPAC was unable to ascertain the authenticity of the textual content messages about “brownies”.
UPAC is investigating the management of Pablo Rodriguez, who has been tainted by a number of allegations of irregularities within the financing of his marketing campaign.
Confronted with a collection of setbacks, Pablo Rodriguez needed to resign in December, which paved the way in which for the coronation of Charles Milliard final February.
Elections Quebec can be investigating Rodriguez’s candidacy.
Severely blamed
Earlier this month, Sona Lakhoyan Olivier was severely reprimanded by the Nationwide Meeting’s Ethics Commissioner for utilizing her constituency workplace for partisan functions through the Liberal management race. She additionally obstructed the Commissioner’s investigation.
The report additionally really helpful an $8,000 penalty as a result of “seriousness of the breaches” and the “Member of Parliament’s lack of respect for her employees and the Nationwide Meeting.” Sona Lakhoyan Olivier mentioned she would pay the superb.
Members of the Nationwide Meeting are anticipated to vote in a while Tuesday on the destiny of the elected consultant from Chomedey.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
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