"I would encourage Mr Turnbull to intervene,to save a very capable minister."
Amid the dissatisfaction over Ms Prentice's dumping,the LNP will fight to reclaim the marginal seat of Longman at the looming"super Saturday"byelections,as four more scalps were claimed by the dual citizenship fiasco.
No date has been set as yet for the Super Saturday elections,which will decided a total of five seats - Longman in Queensland,Braddon in Tasmania,Mayo in South Australia,Fremantle in Western Australia,and Perth in Western Australia.
Longman MP Susan Lamb - along with her Labor colleagues Fremantle MP Josh Wilson and Braddon MP Justine Keay - resigned last week following the high court's finding that Labor senator Katy Gallagher was dual citizen under section 44 of the constitution.
All three Labor MPs have pledged to recontest their seats.
Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie,who also resigned last week,has confirmed she will recontest Mayo.
The Liberal party has not confirmed its candidates for the contests in Mayo and Longman. Georgina Downer,daughter of former foreign minister Alexander Downer,has nominated for the Mayo preselection.
In Tasmania,former Liberal MP Brett Whiteley will recontest his old seat of Braddon,which he held from 2013 to 2016 before being unseated by Ms Keay.
Perth is the only electorate not going to a citizenship-related byelection. Voters will instead elect a new representative after Labor member Tim Hammond resigned earlier this month for family reasons.
The WA Liberal Party has said it will not contest the Perth or Fremantle byelections,but will run candidates in both seats in the looming federal election.