2024-01-16 07:49:43
Published16. January 2024, 08:49
New Zealand: Too stressed by her job, the MP stole from stores
The first refugee to be elected to New Zealand’s parliament resigned on Tuesday following shoplifting, which she blamed on work stress.
AFP
The first refugee to be elected to New Zealand’s parliament resigned on Tuesday following shoplifting, which she blamed on work stress. Originally from Iran, Golriz Ghahraman, a 42-year-old MP for the center-left Green Party, arrived as a child in New Zealand, where she was granted political asylum and refugee status.
He is accused of having committed thefts from a luxury clothing store in Auckland and from a clothing retailer in the country’s capital, Wellington, at the end of 2023. “This is not behavior that I can explain” , declared the woman who was a lawyer and human rights defender at the United Nations before joining the New Zealand Parliament in 2017.
“I am very sorry”
Strong professional stress led her to act in a way “which is not like (her),” she expressed in a press release. According to the mental health professional caring for her, recent events causing extreme stress as well as past trauma may explain these thefts. “I let a lot of people down and I’m really sorry,” said Ms. Ghahraman.
Last week, the Greens announced his withdrawal during police investigations, which are investigating three accusations of theft in total. The party’s co-leaders, Marama Davidson and James Shaw, said in a statement that it was “clear” that their colleague was under “extreme stress”. “She took responsibility and apologized. We support his decision to resign,” the text states.
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