THE SPFL have reacted to the "dossier of evidence" that Rangers today shared with the other 41 member clubs - and claimed it doesn't contain any proof of "corruption, bullying or coercion" by their staff.
The Ibrox club called for SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster and legal adviser Rod McKenzie to be suspended last month over alleged wrongdoing in the build-up to the vote on the resolution on the end of the season.
They have requisitioned a extraordinary general meeting next Tuesday along with Hearts and Stranraer and passed on the information they have to clubs in the senior set-up.
They want an independent investigation into the conduct of the governing body's officials.
However, the SPFL have insisted the "dossier" doesn't contain anything which shows foul play by either Doncaster or McKenzie or by other staff or board members.
An SPFL spokesman said: “It is now a month since Rangers accused the SPFL of bullying and corruption relating to the Dundee FC return.
“At last, Rangers have issued their ‘dossier’ and we will now take time to review it, before responding to all 42 clubs.
“Since Rangers publicly demanded the suspension of the SPFL’s chief executive and legal counsel, everyone in Scottish football has waited patiently for them to present their case.
“However, an initial examination of their ‘dossier’ has failed to identify a single shred of evidence to support Rangers’ vociferous claims of corruption, bullying and coercion by SPFL staff.
“If Rangers have any good reason for Neil Doncaster and Rod McKenzie to be suspended, we have yet to see it.”
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