Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to say "as a lot as you possibly can" over bullying allegations made in opposition to her former Cupboard colleague Fergus Ewing.
Patrick Harvie, the minister for zero carbon buildings and energetic journey, mentioned governments had a duty to be clear whereas additionally defending their workers.
The Scottish Greens co-leader instructed the Document he was assured the Scottish Authorities would "do its greatest to strike a steadiness between respecting its authorized obligations and giving transparency the place it could actually."
Ewing, an SNP MSP, was reportedly the topic of a bullying grievance by civil servants when he served because the Cupboard Secretary for Rural Financial system and Tourism.
The allegations - which Ewing denies - have been made by three officers and escalated into a proper course of in 2020.
The probe was accomplished final 12 months - however the Scottish Authorities has sparked fury by refusing to touch upon the end result.
When the matter was raised at Holyrood final week by Anas Sarwar, Sturgeon mentioned: "I'm not ready to get into these points as a result of there are very appreciable authorized information safety points that I'm sure by.
"Governments have an obligation of transparency, however governments even have an obligation to abide by the regulation on privateness and on information safety."
Ewing left the Cupboard in Could final 12 months following the Holyrood election.
Harvie joined the Scottish Authorities later that 12 months beneath a power-sharing deal between the SNP and Greens.
Requested if ministers ought to now affirm if the grievance was upheld, he mentioned: "I believe the First Minister genuinely mirrored that there are authorized duties that an employer has to take severely.
"So so long as the authorized duties might be met, then there's an argument for saying as a lot as you possibly can about how points and complaints of bullying are handled.
"I might trust, following what the First Minister mentioned, that the federal government will do its greatest to strike a steadiness between respecting its authorized obligations and giving transparency the place it could actually."
Requested if the general public had a proper to learn about complaints made in opposition to ministers, he added: "The problem is there may be this twin set of duties.
"As an employer, you do have duties for respecting folks's privateness.
"One of many worst issues that may occur is that if complaints like this grow to be politicised and changed into political footballs, in the way in which that among the Alex Salmond allegations did, and the complainers themselves are within the highlight.
"That is going to make it tougher for folks to complain about their managers, or politicians about highly effective folks within the office.
"Complainers must know they've confidentiality and their pursuits will likely be protected.
"On the identical, there's a requirement for transparency about politicians.
"Making an attempt to attain each is a tough factor and the federal government is true to try to take each of these duties severely."
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