Green Party given all-clear to expel Darleen Tana after failed High Court bid
The Green Party is clear to expel Darleen Tana from Parliament after the High Court declined Tana’s application for judicial review.
The decision paves the way for party delegates to meet and decide whether to use the waka-jumping law to oust Tana from Parliament, where she now sits as an independent MP.
The Greens had been all set to decide Tana’s fate, with a Special General Meeting of delegates scheduled for last month, however Tana sought to prevent them from doing so by taking legal action.
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said she welcomed the court’s ruling “that our decision to pursue an independent investigation into the actions of Darleen Tana, and ultimately request her resignation as a Member of Parliament, were well within the bounds of our Party constitution”.
FINALLY!
Tana was never going to win this nonsense claim.
The Green Leadership were righteous.
The uber woke identity politics clique who have empowered Tana are wrong.
The They/Thems can’t just pretend their identity is reason enough to stay in Parliament after Tana quit the Party!
This Court case was just manoeuvring under the threat of embarrassing the Greens by dragging this out.
Threats of dirt files aside, the Green Leadership have 3 options:
Option 1: Acquiesce to the uber woke identity politics clique and allow Tana to remain in Parliament so that peace and harmony can heal wounds and everyone gets to sing ‘non-binary Michelle row the boat ashore‘.
Option 2: Sign non-disclosure forms and pay her out and get her to finally do the honourable thing and step down.
Option 3: Stare down the uber woke identity politics clique, dare them to release a dirt file and immediately throw Tana out of the Party using the Waka jumping legislation.
Option 1 is total weakness and would see the Greens become a political joke.
Option 2 is the smart thing that should have been done right at the beginning.
Option 3 would be a political option used by Chloe to stamp authority on the Party and cauterise this weeping political wound, it would require a level of political chicken with the uber woke identity politics clique: would they really continue to damage the Party in this manner for their egos if Chloe kicked Tana out?
While this fiasco happens the Green Party are slowly melting in the Polls.
It’s time to sink Darleen’s waka.
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Fuck non-disclosure sgreements. It only encourages them and others to NOT get the shit sorted. Openness – the Jeyes Fluid for bullshit artists
Option 3 is the best. Tana was never going to win the case and it’s sensible for the Greens to finish off what they started. Option 1 lacks wisdom and option 2 lacks integrity. The Greens value integrity so they will presumably go for option 3.
Agree
The Greens shot their intergrity in the foot when they swallowed the dead rat and vited for the bill. They’ve since said ad nauseum that they dont support it its anti democratic etc if they now use it they’ll not be able to criticize the waka jumping law nor call for its removal.
Yes and they did not have to vote for it at all, appeasing who I am not sure.
I’m not Green voter, but things change. The Greens value process which is more than the other lot with their sneaky addition on gang patches. Just about everyone including the Law Society say it’s outrageous but the minister is deaf.
Agree. I think they need to decimate the faction that represented the likes of the parakeet they got rid of previously
Dump her now today and then under take a review of the way future candidates are selected .Every political party has had this type of drama in the last 100 years or less .Why even the staunch god bothering national party have been sweeping this type of shit under the carpet for the last few years .
I doubt the current Green leadership has either the will or the nous to give Tana her final DCM.
We should be very afraid that this leadership group could be part of a future Government of New Zealand.
cant be any worse than the current lunatics that are in charge of the asylum
I disagree Chloe has what it takes.
I have no time for Chloë, but I agree; she has what it takes.
I agree option 3 is my answer as a GREEN PARTY MEMBER.
Use the waka option and soon.
If this photo was taken in Auckland yesterday, who’s she hiding from? It wasn’t that cold.
Not so loud and proud now? Not so convinced she’s right and can do no wrong.
Very foolish behaviour from this MP. Should have gone quietly, immediately, and everyone would have forgotten her by now, instead of her thinking she can’t go anywhere without a disguise.
Let this be a lesson to others who try to pretend they have nothing to hide.
Go immediately and retain a LITTLE self-respect.
Some in the present CoC might like to reflect on this. Their time is coming, judging by their cavalier attitude to the law.
““As we have just received today’s judgment, we will take the appropriate time to take advice and consider next steps.
“We will have more to say in due course,” Swarbrick said.
Exactly how much more time or consideration do you need Chloe? She was suspended in March and it is now September. Grow a backbone.
She’s probably thinking of the inevitable appeal.
They have had six months to work through the different scenarios. All this has done is say the greens leadership is weak and don’t want to make a hard call
The Green Party put her into parliament; they should live with that decision. What has it to do with parliament if it turns out to have been a bad decision. However her usefulness as an MP has probably ended, so perhaps in order to maintain her dignity she should resign anyway, but only after winning her case (assuming she does so). Staying on beyond that point gives the appearance of only remaining in parliament for the salary
The difficulty with legislation that allows a party to boot one of its MPs out of parliament is that it may allow the eviction of an MP who has issues with party policy on a matter of principle.
Option 3 and move on.
And…be more careful with candidate selection in future–as all the other parties have found out over the years.
Dharleen should just vote whichever way the greentards vote thus not distorting proportionality and pocket the pay. She never gonna ever earn 180k a year for doing nothing.
Take option 3, then make an offer to all parties in the house to support a new waka jumping bill whereby all list MP’s should have to leave Parliament when they leave their parties.
“Threats of dirt files aside”…does dear Darleen know where the Greens bodies are buried?
A woman scorned and all that
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