Moira Deeming: Liberal MP booted from candidacy following heated apology stand-off
The Victorian Liberal Party have voted on Moira Deeming’s future in the party following a tense apology stand-off.
The Victorian Liberal Party have dropped Moira Deeming as a candidate in the upcoming state election following a tense apology stand-off.
The contentious state MP had her endorsement revoked on Friday following a vote that went overwhelming against the outspoken candidate.
Ms Deeming has previously alleged that former leader Matthew Guy assaulted her at a event in May, but CCTV footage of their interaction disputed her unsubstantiated allegations.
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The Opposition party looked to dump her two weeks ago, but Ms Deeming launched an eleventh-hour Supreme Court challenge against Victorian Liberal Party president Brian Loughnane on July 3.
However, she announced late on Wednesday that she had withdrawn the case.
“The injunction has achieved exactly what it intended to achieve,” Ms Deeming wrote in a statement posted to social media.
On Wednesday, Ms Deeming sent a 12-page statement to the party’s state executive, providing a mediation proposal that allowed her to end the Supreme Court action.
“The state executive, having all the evidence before them, can now decide whether to pursue medication or reconvene to disendorse me,” she said.
“From beginning to end, I progressed the issue in good faith, respected the confidentiality of all involved, submitted myself to the instructions and policies of the party and obeyed the law rather than run it through the media.
“For my part, I will continue doing my work serving Victorians and fighting Labor.”
The Liberal party backed the former leader Mr Guy and moved to dis-endorse her on Friday.
She remains a member of the party but will not be allowed to re-contest in Novembers state election.
The ousted MP accused Mr Guy of grabbing her “violently” in a headlock, while Police reviewed the footage which showed him placing his hand on her back as they lean in to talk to one another.
Mr Guy told reporters in June that Ms Deeming had owed him a public apology, adding he vehemently denied that anything untoward took place.
“Moira Deeming owes me a public apology. I’m owed an apology by the Premier and the Attorney-General,” he said in a statement outside parliament.
“They can come to me the honourable and easy way, or a harder way.”
-With AAP
