Symbol copyright Getty Photographs Image caption Mr Salmond instructed BBC Scotland final week that he had never sexually confused any person
Alex Salmond has formally started his prison motion against the Scottish govt over its dealing with of sexual misconduct proceedings against him.
Two people have made allegations concerning the former first minister, who strongly denies ever sexually harassing anyone.
He is looking for a judicial review of a new lawsuits process that was once introduced by means of the Scottish executive in December.
His petition has been lodged with the Courtroom of Consultation in Edinburgh.
The court docket will now searching for a response from the Scottish executive. it’s more likely to be a few weeks prior to there’s a hearing prior to a judge.
The proceedings about Mr Salmond had been made in January – just weeks after the brand new methods for coping with harassment court cases was once introduced with the blessing of his successor, Nicola Sturgeon.
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Ms Sturgeon had asked for the Scottish executive’s existing insurance policies to be reviewed and up to date following wider concerns about harassment at Holyrood and Westminster.
Mr Salmond claims that the next investigation into the allegations in opposition to him by senior Scottish govt civil servants was once “unfair and unjust”.
He mentioned he have been given no opportunity to “see and therefore to correctly problem the case against me” and that he had “not been allowed to peer the evidence”.
He has additionally described the allegations as “patently ridiculous”, and has written to the Scottish govt’s top civil servant, Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans, urging her to analyze how the claims have been made public.
Mr Salmond has claimed that somebody throughout the Scottish government has “flagrantly and again and again” breached the confidential court cases procedure via leaking details to the Day By Day File newspaper.
The Scottish government argues that a remark released through Mr Salmond on Thursday of final week contained “significant errors” about its methods, with Ms Sturgeon pronouncing it would “defend its position vigorously”.
‘Entirely confidential’
It has insisted that its investigation into the two lawsuits in opposition to Mr Salmond were “solely confidential right through”.
The Scottish government has passed main points of the lawsuits to Police Scotland, and the drive has said it’s assessing the ideas.
The Day By Day Document newspaper says it has seen the wording of 1 of the complaints, which was made by a Scottish govt team of workers member.
She alleges the former first minister touched her backside and breasts via her clothing even as she used to be on my own with him at Bute House, the paper has reported.
The alleged incident is said to have taken position on the first minister’s legitimate place of dwelling Bute House in Edinburgh in the first week of December 2013.
The paper claims the lady has alleged “multiple incidences of harassment and conduct of an undesirable sexual nature”.
Mr Salmond, who had spells as chief of the pro-independence SNP, led the devolved Scottish govt as first minister from 2007.
He quit within the aftermath of the independence referendum in 2014, whilst Scotland voted to stay within the United Kingdom.
