Khal Asfour has pulled out as the Labor candidate for the NSW upper house, with a spokesman citing the impact on his family of recent media coverage as the reason for his decision.
Embattled Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour has withdrawn as the Labor candidate for the NSW upper house, with a spokesman citing the impact on his family of recent media coverage as the reason for his decision.
A council statement on Friday said Asfour had been the victim of a vicious smear campaign that had taken a toll on his family and the Labor party.“The mayor is vehemently denying any wrongdoing and has at all times adhered to the policy set by council, a policy scrutinised by the Office of Local Government,” the statement said.
Fronting the inquiry in December, he said it was “no secret I got under the skin of this government when I stood up for my community and many other residents of western Sydney during the harsh lockdowns and overzealous policing during the COVID pandemic. I’ve had a political target on my back ever since”.“I know that once the mud is washed away, justice and my truth will prevail,” he said.
Mihailuk was subsequently booted from the NSW shadow cabinet by NSW Labor leader Chris Minns, before she announced this week that she had defected to One Nation to run for an upper house seat.
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