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Salmond facing confidence vote over Megrahi release
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Aug 24, 2009 01:54pm |
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| News Date | Monday, August 24, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ALEX Salmond and his SNP government could face a vote of confidence over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber, opposition politicians warned today.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was making a statement to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, setting out his reasons for agreeing the compassionate release for Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who flew home to Libya last week.
There will be no vote today, but Scottish Tory justice spokesman Bill Aitken MSP said today's exchanges could result in a no confidence motion against the SNP government at a later date – although he believed such a move was currently "premature".
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray accused Alex Salmond of trying to wash his hands of the decision to release Megrahi by claiming it was the inevitable consequence of the application for compassionate release.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott said Scottish Parliament should have been consulted before, not after the decision to release Megrahi.
"The SNP's credibility at home and abroad is in tatters. Scotland's must not be allowed to follow with it." |
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