New Zealand’s governing National Party will hold a meeting tonight as speculation mounts that its lawmakers are trying to remove Prime Minister Christopher Luxon as leader less than three months before a general election.
Local media are reporting that some National members of parliament are agitating for Luxon to go. The New Zealand Herald quoted an unnamed MP saying “there’s going to be change” but that it’s unclear who will replace him, while the Post newspaper is running a live blog with the headline “National Party Coup Watch: Luxon Under Siege.”