Is there a new ‘girl power’ alliance in the SA Liberal party?

The SA Libs have a “bizarre way” of finding their new president, according to Mike Smithson, but maybe there is a new woman-driven mystery swirling around its high-drama selection process.

The SA Liberal Party has a bizarre way of selecting its new president and other office bearers, with nominations still a mystery four days after they supposedly closed.

As reported in InDaily yesterday, the important Liberal process has been extended by a month which may open a whole new can of worms over who’ll be running the executive arm.

So, sit tight until the Annual General Meeting is rescheduled on September 19, at a venue still to be finalised.

As I first revealed last Friday on ABC radio, another contender was emerging in a last-minute bid to rock the Senator Alex Antic boat, with him considered by many as a shoo-in for an uncontested presidency.

State Liberal Director Alex Hyde is neither confirming nor denying Antic’s, or any other nomination, to replace outgoing SA party chief Senator Leah Blyth.

From that, I think we can confidently deduce that another name came forward at one minute to midnight, so to speak.

My sources had indicated to me last week that a candidate considered suitable to the party moderates and “sensible” conservatives had been coaxed to the line in a bid to blow Antic and his hard-line conservative bid out of the water.

But it’s now getting messy with another month of treading water until the delayed........

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