Liberal leader Charles Milliard wants MNA Sona Lakhoyan Olivier to be stripped of her party membership. He is also demanding a major shake-up within her riding association.
“I have convened the party executive to demand that Ms. Sona Lakhoyan Olivier’s membership card be revoked immediately and permanently. I have also asked the party to appoint a new person as president of the Chomedey association and to undertake a complete restructuring of its executive,” the Liberal leader stated in a press release on Friday.
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On Thursday, Sona Lakhoyan Olivier was severely reprimanded by the National Assembly’s Ethics Commissioner, Ariane Mignolet, for holding partisan activities during the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) leadership race in her constituency office. The MNA also obstructed the commissioner’s work.
Olivier Lakhoyan supported Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race. At the time, his sister, Zepure Lakhoyan, was acting president of the Chomedey association. She no longer holds that position.
Zepure Lakhoyan is mentioned in the commissioner’s report. “ The participation of staff members in partisan activities was required by the Member of the National Assembly and her sister during this period, including during their normal working hours,” the report states.
The commissioner recommends a penalty of $8,000 due to the “seriousness of the breaches” and the “Member of the National Assembly’s lack of respect toward her staff members and the National Assembly” .
Lakhoyan Olivier was expelled from the Liberal caucus last December when this investigation was launched.
Shortly after the report was released, the Liberal leader stated that her expulsion was final, arguing that the MNA’s actions were “incompatible with the values and standards we hold ourselves to.”
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
