Tana soon to be goneburger

The Herald reported:

In a statement yesterday, Green co-leader Swarbrick confirmed the party had endorsed the “potential use of the Electoral Act to remove Darleen Tana as a Member of Parliament”.

However, she repeated a call to Tana to “finally do the right thing” and resign before being forced out.

In order to trigger the legislation, the Greens need to write to the Speaker saying they believe Tana’s defection from the Greens has distorted the proportionality of Parliament.Swarbrick did this shortly after the meeting concluded.

“We have… written to the Speaker outlining that we believe Darleen’s resignation from the party but not from Parliament has affected the proportionality of the House, triggering the next step of the legislation,” Swarbrick said, adding she had also written to Tana outlining the outcome of the meeting.

Tana will soon be gone.

The Speaker has little discretion here. So long as the notice from Swarbrick complies with the Act, her seat will soon be declared vacant.