An indigenous woman, a member of Parliament of Australiawas instructed to repeat her vow today after changing it to feature her Queen Elizabeth colonialist.
Greens senator Lydia Thorpe told the upper house with her right fist raised “I declare true allegiance to Her Majesty’s colonial queen elizabeth ii».
The 96-year-old Queen is too head of state of australia.
Senate President Sue Lines told Thorpe, a woman from the DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara indigenous people, that she would have to recite the affirmation – a type of parliamentary oath that is omitted the report to God– as written.
After a pause, Thorpe, a senator since September 2020 who was re-elected in May’s federal election, recited the assurance correctly.
Buckingham Palace spokesman he did not answer immediately in a request for comments.
The leaders of the aborigines, of its indigenous people Australiahave been working hard for generations to ensure recognition of the injustices suffered by their people since the beginning of the European colonialism in the 1700s.
As reported by the Athens News Agency, the prime minister Anthony Albanese seeks to bring about changes to the Constitution for indigenous minorities to be recognized and for governments to be required to consult with Aboriginal people on decisions that affect their lives.
Yesterday, Saturday, he revealed the wording of a draft question for a referendum on this plan.
Source: News Beast
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