Deputy PM referred to High Court over potential New Zealand citizenship

Barnaby Joyce becomes the first member of the House of Representatives referred to the High Court over dual citizenship, joining four senators already caught up in the ongoing citizenship bungle.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has told parliament he may be a NZ citizen.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has told parliament he may be a NZ citizen. Source: AAP

周一,乔伊斯在众议院表示,自己在澳洲出生,但可能由父亲一方传承了新西兰国籍。

"上周四下午,新西兰驻澳洲高级专属联络并通知我,基于内政部对收到的质询所得出的初步意见,考虑到我可能是继承了新西兰国籍。”

“不用说,我在获知这一信息后感到震惊。我从在Tamworth出生就一直是澳洲公民。我和我的父母都不没想过我会是另外一个国家的公民。”

“新西兰政府也没有我注册成为新西兰公民的记录。”

他将寻求法庭裁定,自己是否有资格担任国会议员及内阁成员。

澳大利亚宪法第44条规定,任何拥有外国国籍的人都不能担任联邦议员。

假如乔伊斯失去下议院的议席,将会令联盟党失去目前在下议院的一票优势。

目前已经有两名绿党参议员在被揭拥有双重国际之后被迫辞职。36岁的澳大利亚资源部长卡纳万(Matthew Canavan)因为涉嫌拥有澳大利亚和意大利的“双重国籍”身份而辞去资源部长一职,同时接受联邦高等法院的调查,参议员身份可能也将不保。

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