Fatima Payman may resign from Labor party ‘in the coming days’, Anthony Albanese suggests

Anthony Albanese has said senator Fatima Payman has “made a decision to place herself outside the Labor party”, and suggested he expects that Payman may resign from the party “in the coming days”.

The prime minister made the comment about Payman’s future on Wednesday after the Western Australian senator was suspended indefinitely after crossing the floor on recognition of Palestine, which she has vowed to repeat.

Payman has claimed she has been “exiled” by the party and colleagues since voting with the Greens on recognition of Palestine. But talks between Payman, minor party political strategist Glenn Druery and Muslim groups planning to run against Labor MPs have left her colleagues convinced she plans to quit the party.

Anthony Albanese has said senator Fatima Payman has “made a decision to place herself outside the Labor party”, and suggested he expects that Payman may resign from the party “in the coming days”.

The prime minister made the comment about Payman’s future on Wednesday after the Western Australian senator was suspended indefinitely after crossing the floor on recognition of Palestine, which she has vowed to repeat.

Payman has claimed she has been “exiled” by the party and colleagues since voting with the Greens on recognition of Palestine. But talks between Payman, minor party political strategist Glenn Druery and Muslim groups planning to run against Labor MPs have left her colleagues convinced she plans to quit the party.

If you join a political party and they pay to have you elected being the Senate or the House of representatives in Canberra, you owe a duty to that party. This is a terrible outcome for the people of WA and she should be made to forfeit her seat if she leaves the party.

Extracts from the Guardian

4 thoughts on “Fatima Payman may resign from Labor party ‘in the coming days’, Anthony Albanese suggests

  1. If she defects to the Greens, that indicates she never really stood for labor policies ….. ergo elected under false pretences.

    More likely that she’ll stand as independent until the Muslim party becomes a *thing*?

    Then vote with labor & greens anyway.

  2. Elected on an ALP ticket by voters who thought they were getting ALP policy only to get rug pulled by an Islamist agenda. She should resign.

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