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| Wendy Alexander has dismissed fresh calls for her to resign over donations to her leadership campaign. | Wendy Alexander has dismissed fresh calls for her to resign over donations to her leadership campaign. |
| The Scottish Labour leader said she was getting on with her job, including undertaking constituency engagements. | |
| It has emerged Ms Alexander has been reported to prosecutors for failing to publicly declare campaign donations. | It has emerged Ms Alexander has been reported to prosecutors for failing to publicly declare campaign donations. |
| Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission is continuing to separately investigate an illegal donation to her leadership campaign. | Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission is continuing to separately investigate an illegal donation to her leadership campaign. |
| Dr Jim Dyer, the Scottish Parliament's standards watchdog, referred Ms Alexander to the procurator fiscal for not recording donations to her leadership campaign in her MSP register of interests. | |
| Ms Alexander, who became Scottish Labour leader in September, had initially been told she did not need to register the donations. | |
| But Labour said Dr Dyer later informed them this was "incorrect", prompting Ms Alexander to make a voluntary registration, detailing the donations. | |
| I don't think anybody's future should be called into question on the basis of following the advice of parliamentary authorities Wendy AlexanderScottish Labour leader | |
| The fiscal will decide whether the case merits a police investigation. | |
| Ms Alexander has described the development as a "distraction" and insisted she had followed all guidance. | |
| However, the Scottish National Party said she was now in "an extremely weak position" and should go. | |
| But Ms Alexander told BBC Radio Scotland: "I don't think anybody's future should be called into question on the basis of following the advice of parliamentary authorities." | |
| The Labour leader added: "I am confident that I will be exonerated of any intentional wrong-doing when we finally get the Electoral Commission's report. | |
| "I think it's important in politics for you to do what you were elected to do, which is to stand up for your constituents." | |
| Ms Alexander has also said politics in Scotland would be "ill served" if she were to quit. | |
| Leadership 'endgame' | |
| But SNP MSP Roseanna Cunningham called for Ms Alexander to step down. | |
| She said: "Her position as Labour leader in Scotland looks like it is nearing the endgame. | |
| "Saying that she must stay on for the good of the Labour Party is either extreme bluster or arrogance. | |
| "Perhaps Labour in Scotland genuinely do consider themselves to be above the law." | |
| The row comes as the Electoral Commission continues to consider a donation to Ms Alexander's campaign from a Jersey-based businessman. | |
| The £950 donation from Paul Green broke electoral law because he is not a UK voter. |