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Moe Sihota took
appropriate step

Dear Editor:

in his July [8 fetter MLA
Angus Rec attempts to disparage
the release of the infamous Bud
Smith tapes by Moe Sihota. He
asks why they were not taken di-
rectly to the police or the deputy
attorney general rather than being
released in a political manner.

Possibly Mr. Ree forgets the
fact that in British Columbia the
police do not have the right to di-
rectly lay charges but are required
to submit them to the attorney
general’s department. And how
can this department easily assess
the conduct of its boss?

Since the attorney general
reports direcily to the legislature it
was entirely appropriate for that
body to hear the shocking truth
about potential obstruction of
justice charges.

Mr. Ree also refers to the
Romanian secret police, their
telephone bugging and asks three

times, ‘*Who paid for the tapes?”’
Mr. Ree should apologize, like the
premier has, for implying that
there was a plot to get Bud Smith.
The public outcry over Mr.
Smith’s behavior demonstrates a
much greater concern among Brit-
ish Columbians over the moral
and legal conduct of the present
government than the release by
the NDP of third-hand informa-
tion.

Mr. Ree and the premier are at-
tempting to shift public attention
from the outrageous conduct of
Bud Smith. Their lack of com-
ment and concern about the real
issue — political interference in
criminal proceedings — reveals a
Tegrettable political bias towards
the office of the attorney general
and contempt for the public at
large.

Brian Giles
NDP Candidate
West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Reynolds ‘ridiculous’

Dear Editor:

John Reynolds, MLA for West
Vancouver-Howe Sound, has
reportedly installed a de-bugging
device in his constituency office,
to ‘prevent Mr. Sihota and the
NDP from tistening in on
(Reynolds’) calls."’ (North Shore
News, July 25.)

Neither the government nor the
opposition has come out of the
Bud Smith tapes affair looking
good, but for Mr. Reynolds to
suggest in his comments that the
NDP might bug his phone borders
on the ridiculous. The tapes were
not: made by politicians, and
hopefully 1984 has not invaded
B.C. politics, although anything is
possible in this province.

Mr. Sihota handled the matter
poorly. He should not have raised
the issue in the Legislature as he
did, but rather gone to the police

or to the deputy attorney-general.
In his passion to discredit Mr.
Smith, Mr. Sihota adopted the
wrong tactics.

Mr. Smith was clearly in breach
of his duties as attorney-general
by trying to influence a legal ac-
tion, but at least he resigned, and
did so quite promptly. He has
paid the price with his cabinet
position and possibly his political
career,

All of us in British Columbia
should be ashamed of this scan-
dal. We are all discredited by the
matter, and Mr. Reynolds has on-
ly added to the mess by voicing
concerns that his phone might be
bugged. Does he think that politi-
cal Brownie points are to be gain-
ed by this?

Jeremy Dalton
Provincial Liberal Candidate
West Vancouver-Capilano

News avoided real issue?

Dear Editor:

Re: July 25 headline: “MLA
Reynolds installs phone debugging
service.”’

You report and you quote: ‘1
have a machine in my office in
West Vancouver that will prevent
Mr. Sihota and the NDP from
listening in on my cails,’’ said
Reynolds.

Mr. Editor, you are now in the

same category as Vander Zalm,
Reynolds, Richmond, etc. in
avoiding the real issue that the top
law officer in B.C., Bud Smith,
was prepared to ruin a fellow
lawyer’s reputation because he
was hired by Mr. Sihota to act in
the Reid lottery scandal. Shame
on you, Mr. Editor.

Herb Cruickshank

North Vancouver

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