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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.