Moira Deeming could stay on Liberal ticket after preselection bungle as members make ‘stitch up’ claim

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Moira Deeming could stay on Liberal ticket after preselection bungle as members make ‘stitch up’ claim

Source: The Guardian

Potential challengers given only 36 hours to prepare for a rerun after the winner was deemed ineligible

Moira Deeming could secure the top spot on a Victorian Liberal ticket – if she still wants it – after potential challengers were given only 36 hours to prepare nominations for a rerun preselection ballot, in what some insiders call a “stitch up”.

It came after Deeming was on Sunday ousted from the number one spot for the western metropolitan region by Dinesh Gourisetty. But by Monday night, the Victorian Liberal party executive resolved to hold a fresh preselection, after Gourisetty was deemed ineligible to stand as a candidate at the November state election due to a character reference he provided for a friend convicted of sexually assaulting a child.

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