工党向警方施压，干扰警方调查

维州工党上周公开谴责警方，施压警方对工党议员和部长是否因不当使用公款的刑事调查。

此前，维州警方对几名可能涉案的工作人员提问， 那些人员于2014 年维州选举期间，遭秘密聘用，共调用 $387,000 澳元公款，用在工党 2014 年的维州选举上。

维州非常幸运，我们的警察部门是独立机关，警方调查犯罪行为时，可避免政治力量介入或背后下指导棋。

但也正因如此，当州长 Daniel Andrews 允许他的政党，抨击警方的处理和调查时，这着实令人担忧。

政府应允许警方继续调查，如警方认为工党议员犯了罪，在法律面前，人人平等的原则下，那些议员都应受到起诉，给人民一个交代。

英文版/English version

Labor Party tries to pressure police over investigation

The Victorian Labor Party last week publicly criticised police for their investigation of whether Labor Ministers and other MPs should face criminal charges for the misuse of public funds.

This followed Victoria Police questioning some of the staff who were secretly hired using $387,000 of public money to campaign for the Labor Party during the 2014 state election.

Victoria is very fortunate that our police are independent of government, and investigate crime and charge offenders without political interference or direction.

It is therefore very concerning that Premier Andrews is allowing his party to attack police over their handling of the investigation. The police should be allowed to continue their investigation, and if the police believe Labor MPs have committed a crime, those MPs should be prosecuted.