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SNP calls for law to depose MSPs
Voters deserve a constitutional right to strip disgraced MSPs of their seat, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Voters deserve a constitutional right to strip disgraced MSPs of their seat, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday.
The SNP deputy leader backed a right of recall as part of a new Scottish constitution in an address to the Law Society of Scotland.
She said her cabinet expected to publish a constitutional platform in the coming months as a "basic foundation" for voters to consider.
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