And the former AG shared his own concerns about this bill. While his views are not that of the party, since they haven't had the chance to discuss the position they're taking, he does mention how easily it would be for someone to target and tarnish the reputation of someone else with no proof. With that in mind, he's hoping the bill will make provisions in such a scenario.
Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, UDP
"We have a UDP group of people who liaise with the unions on matters like these and we haven't gotten back from then specifically what they would like to see in the bill. We have our own views but we haven't finalized those views in the party as yet so I don't want to preempt us by discussing what my personal views are on it. We are still waiting for the unions to meet with us so we can discuss it before it comes up in the House and I think there's a House Meeting on July 2nd and we're thinking it could come up in the particular house meeting but we don't know. In principle and in concept, I always say if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to fear. If you are doing what you're supposed to be doing within the public service regulations and you are a public servant then you can whistleblow on me all you want because you will find nothing. My only concern in terms of making it wide to be honest with you is that we have to be very careful as to how we accuse people of things, I think it's become far too easy in this society for any fool with a computer and a fake profile can just go up and say something about people and for some reason the rest of the population just takes it as gospel. I think that while you cannot punish people who whistleblow or point out wrongdoings of other people I think people should be punished if they just tarnish other people with no evidence."
