MP’s accused of personal misconduct deny wrongdoing
Posted Nov 6, 2014 3:45 am.
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OTTAWA – Two Liberal MP’s accused of behaving inappropriately with two female New Democrats say they are confident they’ll be cleared by an investigation.
In the meantime, Massimo Pacetti of Montreal and Scott Andrews of Newfoundland have been suspended from the Liberal caucus.
The suspensions were announced by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who wants the Commons speaker to investigate what he calls allegations of “serious personal misconduct.”
Trudeau is also blocking the two from running for the Liberals in next year’s election, pending the outcome of the investigation.
He says the days when such incidents were dealt with quietly in Parliament’s backrooms are long gone.
Both Pacetti and Andrews deny any wrongdoing.
