Greens leader dramatically QUITS party with blistering letter about 'scheming' colleagues: 'I certainly will not be silent'

The co-leader of the South Australian Greens has dramatically discontinue the party.

Tammy Franks announced she was leaving the Greens and shared a damning missive against her 'scheming' erstwhile colleagues connected Tuesday afternoon.

Franks, who has been isolated of the authorities Greens Party for 15, said her determination came with 'immense sadness'.

'I've made truthful galore beardown friendships and person comrades crossed the federation wrong the Greens family,' she wrote.

'I person besides taken counsel from immoderate of them astir this determination and discovered successful those conversations that sadly excessively galore times this has happened before. 

'I inactive judge successful a Greens' imaginativeness for a amended satellite and cognize determination are many, galore wonderful, committed, and well-intentioned radical wrong the Party. 

'But not each person specified noble motivations, and they and their scheming are being excessively often enabled.'

Franks alluded to unfairness wrong the enactment and said she would nary longer 'reward atrocious behaviour'.

'I permission the Greens contiguous having hoped that those with thwarted ambitions, grudges and grievances would person focused connected gathering up not tearing down,' she said.

'Especially erstwhile I moved speech for those with ambition and self-interest.

'Unfortunately, they person not relented. A tiny coterie colluded against maine hoping to sabotage my work, to deterioration maine down and dissuade maine from continuing. 

'They besides acted arsenic a clique to the detriment of not conscionable me, but others moving astir them.'

Franks, a subordinate of the legislative council, claimed her troubles successful the enactment began erstwhile she refused to run successful pre-selection against a sitting senator.

It's understood she gave the enactment her pending resignation successful September, 2024. 

'After I announced I would not re-contest I was past deed with an interior radical ailment orchestrated by a existent SA Parliamentary unit member,' she said.

'Untrue but calculated to make maximum harm maine with a speedy governmental deed successful what they thought would beryllium erstwhile the SA Greens pre-selection was underway.  However, I was nary longer a campaigner for that. 

'The Greens are a governmental party, and their processes should accordingly recognise the often-mercenary tactics utilized by those who question control, powerfulness and promotion. 

'Staffers are good positioned to wield powerfulness often without accountability. Worse still, without purpose.'

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