#JAPAN: Absent YouTuber Expelled From Parliament

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A YouTuber-turned-lawmaker was expelled from the Upper House on Wednesday for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected last year, making him the first member of parliament to be removed in more than seven decades.

The expulsion of Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, is the most serious reprimand of four levels under the national Diet law. He lost his status as a lawmaker while abroad.

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#CROATIA: Party Leader Faces Expulsion After "Flat-Earther" Insult Against The Unvaccinated

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The founder and president of the right leaning Croatian Sovereigntest Party, Hrvoje Zekanović, is facing expulsion from fellow members after ridiculing those who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus as anti-vaxxers and "flat earthers," in both speeches on the floor of Parliament and in media appearances.

The comments came after Zekanović, a member of Parliament since 2018, himself was vaccinated. He told media that he felt compelled to speak out after hearing so many of his colleagues speaking in parliament against vaccination.

MP Marijan Pavliček, who serves in Parliament with Zekanović, said his comments were unacceptable.

"We knew for months that he had a different opinion, we knew that he was vaccinated and it is up to each individual to decide for himself. We couldn’t forgive him for calling everyone who didn’t get vaccinated anti-vaxxers, responsible for people ending up on a respirator. 

"He exaggerated on one show, where he spun a globe and called people flat earthers. On a personal level, he insulted colleagues. This decision has nothing to do with his position on vaccination. He is neither the first nor the last to be vaccinated in the party. But ridiculing all colleagues is unacceptable."

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#CANADA: Controversial MP Expelled From Conservative Party After Taking Donation From White Nationalist

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Controversial MP Derek Sloan was kicked out of the Conservative caucus this week, a move party leader Erin O'Toole said was due to a “pattern of destructive behavior” that had become a distraction.

O'Toole's, who defeated Sloan for the party leader position last summer, said Sloan's dismissal was not solely over a $131 donation he'd taken from a white nationalist, and came after hours of heated debate within caucus that saw MPs castigate both Sloan for his record and O'Toole for how he'd handled the issue. The donation to Sloan was made during the leadership campaign, in which Sloan came in fourth place.

In a seven-part tweet, Sloan responded to his expulsion and attacked O'Toole.

"My ejection from caucus shows an absolute cowardice and failure to address real issues that animate much of our base?" he said. "This party does not belong to Erin O’Toole it belongs to the members."

Sloan's backers note that the donation went through the Conservative Party itself, which took a 10% cut, and that it was so small that his treasurer (who might have seen it, not Sloan himself) likely never saw it. 

Some have also suggested that the leak about the donation might have come from O'Toole himself.

The Ontario MP said he will now sit in the Federal Parliament as an Independent and will continue to fight for conservatives voices.

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#BRAZIL: Former House Speaker Who Led Rousseff Impeachment Expelled

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By a lopsided 450 to 10 votes, Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of the lower house who led the impeachment of former Pres. Dilma Rousseff, has lost his seat and has been barred from politics for eight years amid perjury and corruption claims. He has now lost parliamentary immunity and may be charged in a bribery and kickback scandal.