Maria Vamvakinou announces she will quit politics at next federal poll and throws support behind former adviser Basem Abdo
‘The kind of generation we need to reconnect with’ … Labor could preselect Basem Abdo to replace retiring MP Maria Vamvakinou and contest the next federal election.‘The kind of generation we need to reconnect with’ … Labor could preselect Basem Abdo to replace retiring MP Maria Vamvakinou and contest the next federal election.
“I just want to stop and smell roses,” she said on Sunday when anointing her former adviser Basem Abdo as her preferred successor. “I am hopeful that a Labor government will … recognise Palestine as a way of encouraging and promoting a pathway to peace. There’s no alternative.”“He is the kind of generation now that we need to reconnect with and become relevant to,” she said. “He is very bright and make a great contribution.”
“I have always had that instilled in me – a deep appreciation for the dignity of work and the impact that social and economic displacement has on people. I think it can be tackled by governments,” Abdo said.While preselections will not be held until later this year, Guardian Australia understands Abdo has significant support within Labor’s socialist left..
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