Video: ‘Take the Vote. I’m at Peace,’ Santos Says Ahead of Expulsion Vote

Are we really going to ignore the facts that we all have pasts and we all have the media coming out against us on a daily basis? Every last one of us has struggled with every little ounce of what happens within public service. I didn’t come here— I can go and read about all my colleagues. I’m not going to stand here to smear them. I’m not going to stand here and use the time I have to say ill things about my colleagues. I refuse to stoop to that level. The only thing I want to make clear is if tomorrow, when this vote is on the floor, it is in the conscience of all of my colleagues that they believe that this is the correct thing to do, so be it. Take the vote. I’m at peace. I have accepted that whether I get expelled or I don’t, I have accepted that I cannot control that faith, Mr. Speaker.