Partido Verde acusa governo e oposição na Austrália de fazer jogo político com os deficientes

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has slammed an Immigration Department decision not to grant a Bhutanese family  residency due to their son's disability.

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John has slammed an Immigration Department decision not to grant permanent residency to the Custodio family Source: AAP

O senador Jordon Steele-John, do Partido Verde, cadeirante e defensor dos deficientes, acusou ambos o governo australiano e a oposição trabalhista de fazer jogo político com as vidas dos deficientes no país.


Uma proposta de abrir uma Comissao Real de Inquérito sobre o abuso de deficientes em instituições na Austrália deve voltar ao parlamento amanhã, segunda-feira, para ser votada.
O governo federal evitou o voto sobre o tema na semana passada e o Partido Trabalhista acusou o governo de estar mais interessado em fazer política do que com as pessoas.

Mas agora o Senador Steele-John disse à Sky News que ambos os partidos são culpados de nao agirem corretamente em relação aos deficientes.

"I am sick and tired of non-disabled people playing politics with our lives as disabled people in this country, and inventing a reality in which they either never opposed a royal commission, or always supported one. Scott Morrison's government voted against a Greens motion to establish this commission three times. Bill Shorten's Labor party took two and a half years to come on board with the concept."

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