Green Party delegates have decided to use the Waka-Jumping law to eject Darleen Tana from Parliament, the Herald understands.
The former Green MP, who curr
For everyone elese who didn’t know, the current “Waka Jumping” law in NZ allows the leader of a political party to demand the resignation of a member of Parliament who leaves their party. Sounds like the Greens are wary of the law in general, so they require an internal 75% vote for their leader to request the ejection.
The ejected member will be replaced via a new election, if they represent a district, or by the next person on the party list if they were from the proportional vote.
For everyone elese who didn’t know, the current “Waka Jumping” law in NZ allows the leader of a political party to demand the resignation of a member of Parliament who leaves their party. Sounds like the Greens are wary of the law in general, so they require an internal 75% vote for their leader to request the ejection.
The ejected member will be replaced via a new election, if they represent a district, or by the next person on the party list if they were from the proportional vote.
That’s an awesome name for a law. I’m guessing it’s a Maori term originally.
Edit: Waka is a Maori word for a canoe. So I guess it means jumping out of the canoe?