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Save Babies Vote No campaign accuses the Chief Minister of inaccurate and misleading comments
20th June 2021, 19:40 |
| The Save Babies Vote No campaign has taken legal advice believing that what the Chief Minister has stated in a video asking people to vote Yes in Thursday's Referendum is inaccurate and misleading. It has also filed a complaint with the Referendum Administrator, The Chief Minister's statement was issued as part of a joint video message from three Party Leaders. In the video, Mr. Picardo said: 'It is absolutely not true for you to be told that the new abortion law that we are proposing would permit people to have an abortion up to nine months. That is a lie. It's the current law that permits abortion up to nine months. The new law restricts abortion to 12 weeks" Campaign spokesperson James Brenig said: "While there was disappointment from many supporters that political leaders had come together to back one side of the referendum, the issue that the information broadcast was inaccurate is much more fundamental. With only days until the referendum, when voters are starting to take more notice of what is being said, putting out inaccurate information is simply inexcusable. We believe this incident does a great disservice to the democratic process and a great disservice to the voters of our community and we are calling on the Referendum Administrator to take immediate action to correct the situation and that he ask the Chief Minister to immediately retract his statement." He encourages voters to come out in great numbers to save babies and vote NO on Thursday. |