I think you're looking at it from slightly the wrong perspective. The whole system is set up on the basis of reputation. You have a reputation. You want to preserve it, etc. If you do something that is against the code and there's a report, it will be damaging to your core reputation. There is no question about it. It will be made public. You'll have to take the consequences. The voter has to take the consequences, whether he loses confidence in you and your government, or whatever. Our job is just to make sure that people abide by the code. When there is a violation or a failure, it is made public, so that the political process can create the consequences. It's not for us to create the consequences.
On October 16th, 2023. See this statement in context.