Adem Somyurek will move a motion in the Victorian Parliament on Wednesday to refer the red shirts rort to the Victorian Ombudsman.Credit:Jason South
The dumped Labor powerbroker will move a motion in Parliament on Wednesday to refer the red shirts scheme back to the Ombudsman.
The motion will request the Ombudsman investigate what involvement Premier Daniel Andrews had,if any,in the scheme;the extent of branch stacking within the ALP;the politicisation of the public service;the Premier’s social media unit staff;and the “new trend” of factional powerbrokers working as lobbyists.
Mr Somyurek,who was sacked from the ministry and forced to quit the Labor Party afterThe Age and60 Minutes reported last year on allegations of branch stacking,needs the support of just one more crossbench MP for the motion to pass.
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Outside Parliament,he said the joint Victorian Ombudsman and Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission investigation centred on him should be expanded.
“If I was corrupt,we are all corrupt – that’s what I wanted tested at IBAC,” he said. “Everyone acting with the red shirts scheme was corrupt,including me.”
The Greens announced they would vote against the motion on the grounds they did not want to be part of “Labor’s factional warfare”,butThe Age has confirmed seven crossbench MPs and the state opposition will support Mr Somyurek’s push.