It is highly relevant that the Australian cabinet minister accused of rape (who media refuse to identify) is the AG Christian Porter.
It doesn't matter whether criminal charges are sustainable. The issue is how this affects his ability to do his job. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
It doesn't matter whether criminal charges are sustainable. The issue is how this affects his ability to do his job. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
It's as tho people have learned nothing from the discourse in the US over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. There was no suggestion there that criminal charges could be brought. The issue was his fitness to be on the court.
The Kavanaugh hearings were not a criminal trial, they were the equivalent of a "job interview." There can be an equivalent investigation into these allegations against Christian Porter.
In South Dakota, law makers are impeaching the AG over his conduct in a hit and run, independent of criminal charges. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02…
It is absolutely horrific that the victim in this case took her own life, but she left a detailed statement, which can be used in any investigation. Rape cases are always difficult to prove because there are rarely witnesses and come down to credibility.
Again, here this would not a criminal trial, the standard would not be beyond a reasonable doubt. It would be an assessment of the minister's character as to whether he was a suitable person to hold the office of AG.
A government that fails to investigate such serious accusations AGAINST ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL does not care about sexual violence or justice under the law.
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