He prime minister of canadaJustin Trudeau, announced on Monday a wrap For clarify the charges of Chinese interference at a time last federal election from his country.
THE measures include the appointment in the coming days of a independent special rapporteurwho must “make expert recommendations on the protect our democracyTrudeau said.
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He Prime Minister added that he also ordered two commissions investigate THE alleged foreign interference. Opposition parties are calling for a independent public inquiry for several days, following Canadian press releases based on intelligence reports.
One of the first missions of the special rapporteur will be advise the government on the next steps, including a possible public survey.
“be a investigation or judicial reviewwe will comply with their recommendations, ”said Trudeau, who is evaluating the interference allegations as ‘serious’ and ‘disturbing’.
Trudeau ordered the committee congress members parliamentarian on national security reconsider the allegationsafter that submit a report in 2019 in which he recommends the government is doing more.
“All attack or attempted attack against our democracy East unacceptablesaid Trudeau, noting that “the Chinese government and other regimes like Iran or Russia have tried ingest not only in our democracybut in our country in general”.
“is not a new problem“, he added.
Over the past few weeks, canadian media They published articles based on leaks benefits of intelligence on alleged attempts by Beijing interfere in the 2019 and 2021 federal electionsthrough secret funding either campaign involvement of some candidates.
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THE chinese authorities denounced”firmly” the accusationsconsidering them”defamatory“. Last week, an independent report claimed that there was interference attemptsbut this did not affect the outcome of the elections.
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