Disgraced MP Adem Somyurek decision to bully federal MPs and "try and take control" over their preselections was likely the catalyst for his downfall, according to Sky News contributor Stephen Conroy. Labor's National Executive is expected to endorse party elders Steven Bracks and Jenny Macklin as administrators of the Victorian branch in the wake of the Adem Somyurek branch stacking scandal.
He was also caught on secret recordings denigrating his colleagues and boasting about how he wielded the real power in Victoria. Branch stacking is where an individual or group improperly increases the membership of a local branch of a political party in order to ensure the preselection of a particular candidate.
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AdemSomyurek Is sacking him all that will happen to him. Why isn't he in jail. This does not need a court case and jury, the jury are the national and O/seas TV viewers.
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Leaked texts show Somyurek's influence among federal Labor ranks | Sky News AustraliaSky News has obtained explosive text messages showing the extent of control that disgraced ex-Labor powerbroker Adem Somyurek had over the Australian Labor Party.\n \nSky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said the texts, sent by Somyurek to a senior Labor MP last year, show the “bullying nature of the man” and his obsession with controlling the internal machinations of the Labor party.\n \n“Just to show you the hold this powerbroker had over federal and state MPs, this is a series of text messages I have obtained from a senior federal Labor MP that was sent from Somyurek last year,” Mr Clennell said.\n\n“It says: 'I’m about to bag you publicly, return my calls. Unless this thing happens smoothly, I’m going to assume you’re causing a problem. You better be not f**king around with this.'\n\n'This was in relation to an internal party matter and it shows the bullying nature of the man.”\n\nMr Somyurek’s power as a right-wing factional powerbroker was demonstrated when Bill Shorten, who is a key member of the Victorian Right, had to fly to Melbourne the day before the Bennelong by-election in 2017 in order to meet with Somyurek and other Victorian Right figures about preselections and to sort out power in the Right faction. \n\nMr Clennell said while the scandal is damaging to Labor, it may help Anthony Albanese’s deputy leader Richard Marles seize control of the national executive.\n\n“Anthony Albanese spoke to Daniel Andrews last night and they both agreed Somyurek had to go from the party,' Mr Clennell said.\n\n“Albanese and Andrews are from the same faction – the Left – and a divestment in power in the Right could help Albanese’s deputy Richard Marles and lead the Left to take over national executive.\n\n“Somyurek was at the heart of a loose alliance of the Victorian Right which was in control of two thirds of the branch.\n\n“Victorian Right sources have told me that Adem Somyurek would be responsible for backing in all Victorian federal Right MPs into their pres It reflects in the party and the AustralianLabor voters. Control freaks. The Mania. auspol cool now do sports rorts Why do you ignore branch stacking by the LNP happening in their branches all over Australia? ”Young conservative activist Wilson Gavin admitted to breaking electoral laws in an alleged branch stack to oust then federal Liberal MP Jane Prentice.” -The Australian Auspol
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Somyurek scandal shows Labor party is a 'sick organisation' | Sky News AustraliaIt's not clear whether Anthony Albanese 'has the stomach' for a root-and-branch review of the Labor party in the fallout of the Adem Somyurek scandal, according to Liberal senator James Paterson.\n\nDisgraced MP Adem Somyurek has quit the Victorian Labor Party less than a day after he was sacked from the Andrews ministry due to allegations he engaged in the unethical practice of branch stacking.\n\nMr Somyurek was facing expulsion from the party after a damning 60 Minutes broadcast a series of explosive secret recordings allegedly showing the former Labor MP using unethical and possibly illegal means to gain power within the state and federal Labor party.\n\nSenator Paterson told Sky News the scandal will not end with Mr Somyurek's expulsion from the Labor party.\n\n'What this has revealed is what everyone already knew about the Victorian Labor Party and particularly elements of it and what we knew about the Labor Party nationally,' he said.\n\n'Institutionally, it is quite a sick organisation and practicised like this have flourished for years, have been tolerated for years, have been known for years by people at the very top of the party and have been tolerated and understood, and in fact in many cases, openly or tacitly sanctioned.'\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n AlboMP SenPaterson If the Labor party is sick, the LNP is terminal. But, you don't report that stuff. AlboMP SenPaterson Labor party implosion looks all too familiar AlboMP SenPaterson Does ScottMorrisonMP have the stomach to deal with sportsrorts
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Somyurek leaked tapes was nothing but a ‘factional hit’ from internal Labor rivals | Sky News AustraliaAlthough Victorian ministers have resigned amid the Adem Somyurek scandal the government is still led by a Labor Party “where controlling the numbers is more important than winning the battle” according to Sky News host Peta Credlin.\n\nShe said the Labor Party both in Victoria and federally has a political culture which is “now full of career activists who are better at playing political games than they are at actually running the state or the country”.\n\nIt comes after ministers Robin Scott and Marlene Kairouz announced their resignations amid the Somyurek scandal.\n\nMr Scott was a close factional ally of Mr Somyurek who was sacked from the Victorian government's cabinet on Monday following allegations of branch stacking and of making derogatory comments about his colleagues.\n\nMs Credlin said “no one familiar with how politics works … would think this is anything other than a faction hit” on Mr Somyurek.\n\n“This is the Labor left, and parts of the Labor right, running pay-back on someone who, even by Labor's low standards, was up to behaviour, that even they, couldn't stomach.”\n\nImage: News Corp Australia AdemSomyurek Andrews is the ringmaster. AdemSomyurek AdemSomyurek
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What's branch stacking and why does it happen?With Adem Somyurek's sacking from Victoria's ministry, the Labor Party is paying a price for its failure to tackle membership rorts. lol Just the tip of the iceberg re corruption of our election system. Really? Is this the most millennial tweet of the day?
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Adem Somyurek sacked from cabinetBreaking: Victorian government minister and factional powerbroker Adem Somyurek has resigned from cabinet Resigned Has he been charged? Just resigned from Cabinet.. based on the evidence we all saw last night, he should be booted from the party, loose his seat, face serious criminal charges and eventually go to jail!! Resigned... Riiiiiight.
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Adem Somyurek sacked from cabinetBREAKING: VictorianLabor minister AdemSomyurek has resigned from cabinet after an investigation by The Age revealed he stacked branches with fake members to amass political power. auspol springst breakingnews AustralianLabor VictorianLabor AdemSomyurek AustralianLabor That’s it? VictorianLabor AdemSomyurek AustralianLabor Easy way out. VictorianLabor AdemSomyurek AustralianLabor Well done on your 'collaboration' with Channel 9, Age journos.
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