Newfoundland and Labrador suspended Bruce Chaulk from his post as Chief Electoral Officer and Commissioner for Legislative Standards. In a press release issued shortly after 1 p.m. NT on Tuesday, the county executive council said the provincial government accepted the recommendation of the House Parliamentary Management Committee to suspend Chaulk based on allegations made in Elections NL “The suspension will take effect until the independent review of the’s representative’s findings on the allegations made in Elections NL is completed,” the statement said. With immediate effect, Travis Woolley, a former Assistant Director-General for Electoral Affairs, is the current Chief Electoral Officer, and Ann Chaff, who recently retired from her role as Public Service Commissioner, is the current Commissioner for Legislature. standards. Statutory offices – including the Chief Electoral Officer, the Legislative Standards Commissioner, the Citizens’ Representative, the Ombudsman for Children and Youth, the Auditor General and the Information and Confidentiality Commissioner – operate independently of the government and report to the Government. . The executive council said it had referred the full, non-editorial report of the citizen’s representative to the Assembly’s Parliamentary Management Committee, which is made up of members of the three political parties and is responsible for overseeing the administration of the statutory offices. “Today’s decision reflects the importance of following the appropriate procedures when dealing with complaints of misconduct. As with any human resource of this kind, the person involved will be on leave pending further reviews,” the Justice Minister said. John Hogan in the press release. “The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Commissioner for Legislative Standards play an important role and executors are appointed to ensure that the public can have confidence that the work of these offices can continue. Independent review will be important in this process. “ Hogan will receive questions from the media at 2 p.m. NT outside the House of Assembly. In May, Independent MHA Paul Lane and interim Progressive Conservative leader David Brazil claimed that House Speaker Derek Bennett was hiding a report accusing a House official of bullying and harassment in the workplace. Lane told reporters that a voter contacted him directly about an alleged informant report about an executive and toxic workplace culture in Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. He then said that the report had been submitted to the Office of the Citizens’ Representative two months earlier. Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
