A short thread on why three SNP members of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints ('#SalmondInquiry') are in breach of the Code of Conduct, and must now be formally investigated. [1/6]
Context: there was a leak from an unknown person revealing elements of the Committee of Inquiry's report as it was being finalised. Naturally this caused quite a stir, and such a leak is a breach of the Code of Conduct MSPs are expected to abide by. [2/6] 
This has been responded to by SNP MSPs Alistair Allan (@alasdairallan), Maureen Watt MSP (@maureenSNP) & Stuart McMillan MSP (@StuMcMillanSNP). They have put out a public statement effectively outlining a dissenting opinion to the leaked 5-4 decision. [3/6]
The problem is, by putting out this dissenting opinion, with their names signed off at the bottom, these three MSPs are clearly now in breach of the Code of Conduct themselves. [4/6]
Sec 7, 'MSPs General Conduct' subsec 'Confidentiality Rules'; para 16: 'Where committee member wishes to express dissent from committee report, member should only make this public once committee report has been published...to avoid disclosing conclusions of draft report'[5/6]
Given this, Presiding Officer @KenMacintoshMSP is obligated to formally investigate this matter. Given that @NicolaSturgeon has - correctly - condemned the leaking of elements of the report previously, she will also support a formal investigation into these three MSPs. [6/6]
Nota Bene: You can read the Code of Conduct for yourselves here: parliament.scot/Parliamentaryp…
Update: The three SNP MSPs have been reported officially for the Code of Conduct breach I tweeted about on this thread. Seems a fellow SNP MSP reported them!
#SNPCivilWar 👇
#SNPCivilWar 👇
https://twitter.com/KieranPAndrews/status/1373257698729463814?s=20
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