❓ A WA parliamentary question where Mr. Johnson asks the Minister for Police to resign due to perceived inability to handle the portfolio, which the Minister refuses. The Speaker ruled the Minister did not need to expand on the answer.
AnsweredQoN 586Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
POLICE — CRIME RATES — INCREASE
586. Mr R.F. JOHNSON to the Minister for
Police:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister now accept that she is not capable of handling this important
portfolio and resign and hand it to somebody who is; and, if not, why not?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : We are running out of time. The question has now been asked.
586. Mr R.F. JOHNSON to the Minister for
Police:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister now accept that she is not capable of handling this important
portfolio and resign and hand it to somebody who is; and, if not, why not?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : We are running out of time. The question has now been asked.
AnswerView source ↗
No, I am not going to resign.
Point of Order
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I have a point
of order.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Let us hear your point of order.
Mr
R.F. JOHNSON : That supplementary question was very specific. It was not a long
drawn-out one. It was simply: ''� resign and hand it to somebody who is;
and, if not, why not?''
The SPEAKER : The minister said
she is not resigning and she does not have to expand on the answer.
Point of Order
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I have a point
of order.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Let us hear your point of order.
Mr
R.F. JOHNSON : That supplementary question was very specific. It was not a long
drawn-out one. It was simply: ''� resign and hand it to somebody who is;
and, if not, why not?''
The SPEAKER : The minister said
she is not resigning and she does not have to expand on the answer.
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