Overview
- Minister Dean Macpherson has authorized formal eviction proceedings against three former MK Party MPs who stayed in state housing after losing their seats in August 2024.
- The State Attorney served notices requiring the occupants to leave by last Friday, but the department says they failed to comply.
- The MK Party says the trio are not its members and supports the evictions, pointing to prior court rulings upholding their removal from Parliament.
- Public Works says Parliamentary Village units are intended for current MPs and sessional officials and stresses it will not be drawn into party membership disputes.
- Proceedings will begin in the coming days with an offer of mediation for peaceful relocation, and the department cites past actions at Wingfield and near East London as precedent.