Gray must make clear whether he backs or sacks Anne Moffat

10.24.00am GMT Thu 11th Mar 2010

Responding to the NEC's decision to allow the East Lothian Labour Party to vote on Anne Moffat's future, Stuart Ritchie, Liberal Democrat Candidate for East Lothian has called on the MSP for East Lothian to say whether he will be voting to back or sack Anne Moffat.

Stuart Ritchie said:

"It is quite appropriate that we are in the run up to Easter with the Labour NEC behaving like Pontius Pilate washing their hands of the whole farcical situation and throwing the decision back to the local labour party in order to kill off Anne Moffat's political career.

"Iain Gray has so far stayed silent on the issue of Anne Moffat's selection battle but now the NEC has thrown the decision back to the local party the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party must tell us how he will be voting. Will he back Anne Moffat or sack her.

"Whatever the outcome of the vote Labour have taken the people of East Lothian for granted for too long now. Over the last decade Labour have only been interested in internal arguments and their own egos. Come the General Election the people of East Lothian can elect a candidate that will put East Lothian first and properly represent them in Parliament."