The Electoral Commission needs a major overhaul or risks being abolished according to a senior group of Tories.
The role of the commission and whether it should be given more powers is being examined by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
They have said that the commission is unaccountable and has little outside challenge or scrutiny.
Tory MP and Conservative Party co-chairwoman Amanda Milling said:
“The current set up of the Electoral Commission is simply not fit for purpose.
Rather than lobbying for more powers the commission should be focusing on getting its house in order.
This review is the perfect opportunity for the Electoral Commission to right its wrongs and become more accountable.”
The official submission said about the Electoral Commission:
“It has conflicts of interest. It provides (often unclear) advice to political campaigners, yet wants to prosecute breaches of its own unclear rulebook.
The Electoral Commission has neither the capacity nor the competence to act as a prosecutor.
There are too many conflicts of interest, and would end up ‘marking its own homework’.”
The Electoral commission has been slammed by Brexiteers with many accusing it of not being politically neutral after they failed in their attempts to censure Aaron Banks and Darren Grimes as well as other attacks.
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