TORONTO – The federal Liberals have dropped their nominated candidate, Kevin Vuong in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York, and he will not be a member of their party’s caucus if he is elected Monday, after the Toronto Star revealed that he was charged with sexual assault of a woman in 2019, who actually told the Crown prosecutor in the case that she “didn’t have the energy” to proceed with a trial process but maintained her allegations are true.
Thus as facing sharp criticism yesterday from political rivals who demanded the Liberals take action, including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, the Liberal party released a statement this morning today to say that Kevin Vuong (in the pic below) will “no longer be a Liberal candidate.”
Nevertheless, as voting already been started and it’s too late to remove him from the ballot, the party also said that he “will not be a member of the Liberal caucus” if he is elected to Parliament in the riding on Monday’s election.
The decision was made after Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau admitted Kevin Vuong passed the party’s vetting process for election candidates and said the party was “looking into” the situation as news appeared that Vuong was charged with sexual assault in 2019 and that the Crown dropped the charge later that year.
Pics from Kevin Vuong’s Twitter profile