'I'm confident,' says Jason Kenney as PC party looks at complaint

• 'Running to destroy the party': PC supporter files complaint about Jason Kenney's leadership bid

"I believe there are people in the party who have reasonable questions or doubts about our unity plan, and I respect that," KenneytoldCBC Calgary News at 6onFriday.

"And they should demonstrate their view in the voting process, in the democratic process,not by trying to quash an election and shred ballots."

The party's leadership election committee will discuss the complaint at a meetingSunday, but the candidate is confident that he won't be pulled from the ballot before theMarch 18 vote.

"I think this would be a total repudiation of the basic principles of democracy,and I'm confident the party won't take that kind of step," said Kenney.

The party member and lawyer who filed the complaint, Jeff Rath, has argued that Kenney'svision runs counter to the PC party's constitution.

"He's not running to be the leader of the Progressive Conservative party. He's running to destroy the party so that he can then form a new party that he's going to run and become leader of," Rathsaid.

Rathisa volunteer on PC leadership candidate RichardStarke's leadership campaign, but says he's doing this independently.

With files from CBC Calgary News at 6