Former MP Philip Davis has been elected as the party’s state president, vowing to dig the opposition party out of a hole.
Former Victorian Liberal MP Philip Davis will take over as the party’s state president, vowing to dig the party out of a hole and root out treachery and disunity.
“The party has been in a very difficult place for a long time, and I’m committed to working with all of you to dig us out of the hole,” he said.“This division, it seems, more than any other division, has been riven by disunity in recent times.”Contender Caroline Inge – the Liberal Party’s federal vice-president and a former staffer, friend and ally of Tim Smith – had campaigned on withholding party funds for the leadership team to defend defamation proceedings.
Liberal Party headquarters had never shown a willingness to indemnify Pesutto or senior MPs David Southwick, Georgie Crozier and Matt Bach to defend defamation threats from exiled MP Moira Deeming.The position of state president was forced to a vote when both Davis and Inge nominated to replace Greg Mirabella, whoIn a statement circulated to members ahead of state council, Davis said the Victorian party had a “monumental task” ahead of it.
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