Nine political editor Charles Croucher instructed Weekend Today he believed Morrison would step down someday between the federal finances in May and the tip of yr, which may very well be a “disaster” for Liberal Leader Peter Dutton.
“This is speculation that makes sense, given he is a former prime minister and former prime ministers tend to move on from the chamber and not sit on the back bench,” he stated.
His resignation would set off a by-election in his Sydney seat of Cook, which he presently holds with a 12 per cent margin.
“One person who hasn’t confirmed this is Scott Morrison. If and when this does happen, that will force a by-election in his seat of Cook which is a pretty safe Liberal seat,” Croucher stated.
“There is a ready-made candidate to replace him. It will likely be Mark Speakman.
“That provides a ready-made, well-known, well-publicised and far wanted new member of the get together room for Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party. But that’s months away moderately than weeks.”
Mary Doyle, secured the win against Liberal candidate Roshena Campbell, which marked the first time in over a century, since 1920, a sitting government had won a seat from the opposition in a federal by-election.
Croucher said if the party lost another by-election, it would be a “catastrophe” for Dutton.
“Questions about his management would flare up,” he said.
Morrison did not rule out leaving by the end of the year, and said he had not decided what to do next.
“I’m centered on doing my job in my native voters, serving to the parliamentary get together and supporting the chief,” Morrison told The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald.
Source: www.9news.com.au
