“It didn’t matter whether I went to IBAC before or after the election, I was going to be criticised,' said Victorian electoral commissioner Warwick Gately.
Victorian electoral commissioner Warwick Gately last month.After Gately stated no further comment would be made, communications director Sue Lang appeared on radio station 3AW the following day.
“The VEC was constantly being questioned ... ‘What are you doing in relation to this matter? What are you doing in relation to this matter?’” Gately said.Credit:“It didn’t matter whether I went to IBAC before or after the election, I was going to be criticised. If I had gone after the election, they would have said, ‘We should have known this information prior to election Saturday’.”, Guy accused Gately of allowing the commission to be politicised and called on him to resign.
“You cannot have statements coming out effectively against one party ... from what [voters] would see as an independent organisation. That’s not right.”
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