Nationals – Labor heavies party member to delay assault claim

Labor heavies party member to delay assault claim
18-August-2010
The victim of an alleged assault by the Labor Party’s candidate in the Queensland seat of Dawson has told media today he has been subjected to pressure by Labor Party officials not to make a police complaint until after the Federal Election.
This is yet further evidence of the bullying and intimidation at work by the faceless men of the Australian Labor Party that only weeks ago politically assassinated Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister.
A long time ALP member and President of the Bowen Turf Club, Cyril Vains, alleges that the Labor candidate for Dawson, Mike Brunker, assaulted him last Saturday.
Mr Vains’ has told the ABC that he was contacted by a Labor Party representative and told that his “allegiance to the ALP” should come first, and he should wait until after the election to make a police complaint against Mr Brunker.
Mr Vains’ has said he will make a complaint to police today. He should be commended for resisting the pressure and bully-boy tactics of the Labor Party’s faceless men.
From what we know from Mr Vains’ account of the alleged assault, it is clear that there is a prima facie case against Mr Brunker for one or more violent crimes under the Queensland Criminal Code.
In particular the offences of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, under s 339 which carries the maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment, or at least the offence of Common Assault, under s 335, which carries a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment.
Should Mr Brunker be convicted of either offence, the provisions of s 44 of The Constitution would apply. This provides that “any person who … is … convicted and is under sentence, or subject to the sentence, for any offence punishable by the law… of a State by imprisonment by one year or longer … shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as … a Member of the House of Representatives.”