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sponsors.
others by saying that they have the support of certain
This has to do with the honesty of the
candidates. In fact there are two aspects to this. One
has to do with honesty. The other is whether the election
campaign is indeed an
an election campaign. It is a matter
of stricking а balance between the two. Regarding
honesty, I feel that we must consider whether the
candidate is honest. There are other candidates who may
suffer or benefit from the honesty or dishonesty of that
If we disallow all sorts of
dishonesty altogether, there may be problems.
particular candidate.
During the ah hoc group meetings,
examples. First, there is a person who
I raise three
says in public
that he will vote for a certain person. He gives his
support to that person and he asks others
After the
to give the
candidate their support as well. So why is it that
that that
particular candidate cannot say afterwards that that
particular person has given him his support.
passage of the Bill however, that candidate will no longer
be allowed to say that he has the support of that sponsor
and this is honest behaviour.
The second example is, on
certain occasion, a
person tells me in private that he gives me his support.
A third party is present but this is not reported in the
press. I will be careful not to mention his name in any
But during а cocktail party, (this is
public speech.