Embattled Senator David Van is expected to leave parliament after he resigned from the Liberal Party amid accusations of sexual harassment.
The Liberal senator recently came under fire after independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and former Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker alleged he had inappropriately touched them. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton also revealed there was another individual who also accused Van of sexually harassing them.
On June 16, Dutton called on Van to quit parliament altogether. But before a committee could discuss the allegations, the Victorian senator quit the party.
In a letter to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella, Van criticised the Liberal Party for trampling upon “the very premise on which our justice system is predicated.”…