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Alberta’s legislature should have a formal complaints process and independent officer to investigate allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct against members of the legislative assembly, the Alberta Party says.

Presently, such complaints go informally, behind closed doors, to the Speaker of the Alberta legislature, who is selected by all MLAs but typically comes from the governing party, Alberta Party Edmonton-Gold Bar candidate Diana Ly said in a Sunday interview.

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That’s a conflict of interest that fails to inspire confidence that an investigation will be impartial, she said.

“We cannot be sure that the survivors, or the person making those allegations, are given a fair and due process to investigate their claim,” Ly said.

Political parties also have their own, differing codes of conduct to follow when investigating allegations of wrongdoing lodged against sitting members.