Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick has announced she will run for the Green Party’s leadership.
Swarbrick confirmed she would contest the co-leadership position from Parliament today, saying that in the three days since James Shaw announced he was stepping down from the role, people had asked her to put her name forward for it.
“I’m stepping up,” Swarbrick said, after acknowledging she’s had conversations with all of her caucus alongside family and friends.
Swarbrick is the only declared candidate so far. Green MP Julie Anne Genter, who ran for the co-leadership in 2018 confirmed to the Herald, she would not be running. Other members of caucus had not put their hands up.
The co-leadership is decided by Green Party members. By convention, MPs do not say who they are supporting or endorse particular candidates.
She promised to grow the Green Party and revealed her ultimate goal: “the nation’s first Green-led government.”
“I am a proud member of the Green Party. More than any other party we understand that there is far greater leadership out there in the community than there is in the so-called halls of power. I am here to serve my communities. Over the past three days, they have asked me to stand up and put myself forward for this role,” Swarbrick said.
NZ Herald
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