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Breaking News: Harawira Quits Maori Party
Harawira Quits Maori Party - Holds Onto Seat
Report - By The Scoop Team.
Controversial MP Hone Harawira has quit the Maori Party after months of internal squabbles led to disciplinary action and a very public grievance.
Hone Harawira is reported to have struck a deal where he quits the Maori Party but secures his hold on the Te Tai Tokerau seat at the election in November this year.
In a statement Hone Harawira said: "I am extremely disappointed at the decision of the Maori Party President, to release the recommendations of the Disputes Committee to the media before putting them before the National Council. His actions have undermined the credibility of the process, and the genuine attempts to reach a positive resolution to the current impasse, but in spite of all that, the framework for a positive future has been reached.
"Following discussions yesterday with close advisors as well as with the leadership of the Maori Party, I can announce that it is my intention to continue to serve the Tai Tokerau as an independent MP, and that I will contest the 2011 elections as either an independent or as a member of a new political movement in Aotearoa.
"It is also my intention to go back to my electorate and to supporters around the country over the next month to inform them of my intentions and to seek their support, because it is their energy and support that has sustained me in the past, and particularly during the difficulties of the past few weeks," Hone Harawira said.
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