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09 Feb 2022, 2:06 am
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Victorian Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela has sensationally crossed the floor in state parliament to support a referral by disgraced MP Adem Somyurek into allegations of corruption against the party.
Ms Vaghela's vote secured Mr Somyurek motion, which asks parliament to refer the red shirts rorts scandal involving the Labor Party to the Ombudsman and anti-corruption commission.
The motion was carried 19 votes to 17, with the support of the Opposition, several crossbenchers and Ms Vaghela.
In 2018, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass found that Labor had misused $388,000 of public money through the red shirts arrangement, which saw campaign organisers employed as electorate officers.
The party repaid the money and police did not lay charges.
Ms Vaghela's decision has stunned her caucus colleagues and her future in the party in now in jeopardy. It is against party rules to go against the caucus.
Ms Vaghela's vote secured Mr Somyurek motion, which asks parliament to refer the red shirts rorts scandal involving the Labor Party to the Ombudsman and anti-corruption commission.
The motion was carried 19 votes to 17, with the support of the Opposition, several crossbenchers and Ms Vaghela.
In 2018, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass found that Labor had misused $388,000 of public money through the red shirts arrangement, which saw campaign organisers employed as electorate officers.
The party repaid the money and police did not lay charges.
Ms Vaghela's decision has stunned her caucus colleagues and her future in the party in now in jeopardy. It is against party rules to go against the caucus.
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-09/labor-mp-secures-somyureks-red-shirts-motion/100816050
Referral motion:
Link to article referred to in (d) for reference: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-chosen-few-how-victoria-is-really-governed-20210803-p58fk4.html
As noted by the person who initiated the motion:
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Definition of mixed emotions is when you are fighting to win the numbers for a motion but knowing that the motion refers you to IBAC on potential corruption charges. This is why rational choice theory is flawed. Even if the vote is a tie gov is honour bound to write to IBAC.
Source: https://twitter.com/AdemSomyurek/status/1491235304560562178
09 Feb 2022, 2:56 am
Statement from Ms. Vaghela regarding her actions with the vote:
Source: https://twitter.com/KaushaliyaMP/status/1491315471635075073
14 Feb 2022, 3:05 am
