Howard not honest: Latham [View All]

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PRIME Minister John Howard is simply not an honest man, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today.Mr Latham said any suggestions Mr Howard was honest in his dealings with the Australian people on a range of issues were unsustainable.

He said from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to promises on taxation, Mr Howard had been untruthful to Australian voters.
"I think the jury is in on Mr Howard and he is not an honest man," he told reporters.

Asked about Mr Howard's claim today that he had not misled voters, Mr Latham said that was not believable. "The next thing you know he will be trying to sell you the Sydney Harbour Bridge if you believe that," he said.

Mr Latham said former Liberal Party president John Valder, former intelligence analyst Andrew Wilkie and 43 eminent defence heads and diplomats had all said Mr Howard was untruthful.He said if Mr Howard could not be trusted to tell the truth, then he could not be trusted to run the country. "If you have got a prime minister who won't tell the truth about the big issues of war and peace and other matters, you can't trust him with these election promises."


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