Parliamentary leader Samantha Ratnam says she acted under party rules to overturn the recent election of Linda Gale
But late on Friday, Samantha Ratnam, an upper house Victorian MP and the parliamentary leader of the Greens in the state, revealed that she had taken action under the party’s rules to have the results overturned., Ratnam confirmed she had moved against Gale because of her comments, and urged her not to run again when a new election for state convener was held.
She said she had not commented publicly before last night so as to not compromise her application for the result to be set aside. “Right now, those supporters are understandably very distressed and disappointed by what is happening in the party. She said that while the administrative review panel which ruled on Ratnam’s application was under “intense pressure” the decision they made was “flawed”.