Thank you for supporting and underscoring my point.
Although the opposition continues to say that under the current legislation and under the current system the commissioner of elections has complete independence, he does not. If someone can instruct the commissioner of elections on what investigations to pursue, that means someone else is pulling the strings. We believe, and it's indicated in the fair elections act, the commissioner of elections should have complete independence upon what investigations to pursue. I thank you for agreeing with my assessment on that.
Finally, sir, let me just ask you this. You mentioned before that you believe the threshold of perception is fairly low. Do you not believe the most important consideration in legislation is the reality? In other words, you have indicated that the only difficulty you're bringing to the attention of this committee is one of perception. In reality, however, there is a complete distinction, a complete separation of authority between your office and the commissioner of elections, and complete independence.