DAVID Wasyluk, Director of Communications of the BC Liberal Party, told The VOICE on Wednesday that the party is aware of a petition filed on Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in relation to the ongoing party leadership race and said that it will not affect the voting process for members.

Voting runs Thursday through Saturday, online and by telephone.

Party member Vikram Bajwa wants the court to delay the announcement of the winner of the leadership race for 15 days so that the party can provide more details about its audit of new members who were recently signed up. A hearing is scheduled for Friday.

There has been controversy over the manner in which members had been signed up with all kinds of allegations being hurled about.

Wasyluk said in an email: “The matter to be determined in court this week will be whether the Party Executive and/or the Leadership Committee or Chief Returning Officer can be prevented from announcing the results of the leadership race pending audit steps sought by the claimant member.

“The party believes that the Leadership Election Organizing Committee, the Party, and the Chief Returning Officer have taken reasonable steps to determine voter eligibility by reviewing and auditing party memberships. The party is confident in that review process.”

The BC Liberal leadership hopefuls are MLAs Michael Lee, Ellis Ross and Renee Merrifield, business leaders Gavin Dew, Val Litwin and Stan Sipos, and former cabinet minister Kevin Falcon.

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