The interim Liberal leader, Marc Tanguay, is asking the government and the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC) to apologize to the former Liberal Prime Minister, Jean Charest.
The former premier of Quebec won his case against UPAC and the Quebec government, which will have to pay him $385,000.
Mr. Tanguay believes that this whole story has had a negative impact on the Liberal brand. “UPAC has questions to ask and has a credibility challenge,” he said.
In 2021, Geneviève Guilbault, then Minister of Public Security, brandished the book PLQ inc. at the Blue Room, raising the ire of the former Liberal Prime Minister. “I think it would have been well advised not to brandish the book,” said Marc Tanguay.
The book focused in particular on allegations of illegal financing within the PLQ.
This decision by the Superior Court of Quebec comes in the context of Mr. Charest’s lawsuit against the government for unlawful disclosure of his personal information during an investigation by the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC).
Mr. Tanguay does not believe that this story could have contributed to the defeat of the party during the last elections, but that “it did not help” his party.
Québec solidaire did not want to say whether Jean Charest deserved an apology from UPAC. “I do not dispute the validity of the judgment. If UPAC wants to apologize, it should be up to Quebecers for failing to accomplish its mission,” said QS parliamentary leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
“I don’t see why the current government should apologize,” he added.
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