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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
Ahead of the final results of the Scottish Parliament elections, Alex Salmond said today that if he become’s Scotland’s First Minister the first thing he will do is call for an independent judicial inquiry into the election process to restore the faith of Scots in the democratic process.
At a press conference this afternoon, Salmond said that the inquiry
would be completely free of government interference and would lay bare
the reasons why 100,000 Scots were denied their democratic right
because of spoilt ballot papers.
He said it would also look at the role of the Secretary of State for
Scotland, the role of the returning officers and even that of the
Electoral Commission. He said the investigation would be far reaching
and detailed and would be the only way to restore confidence in the
democratic process.
He went on to say that no matter what the final result, the political
landscape had changed forever. He said the SNP had the largest vote and
while there may, in the future, be a Labour government and even a
Labour First Minister, today’s historic vote would mean that Labour
no longer had “a divine right to rule Scotland”.
He said that this was an historic moment and that if the SNP was given
the chance to govern it would do so “in the nation’s interests” with
“humility, passion, verve and imagination but always mindful of the
interests of the Scottish people”.
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