A Labor MP said she was taking time off from work due to tensions caused by what she said was “women’s violence and harassment” in an effort to force her to seek a formal re-election.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Apsana Begum, an MP from Topol and Limehouse in East London since 2019, said she was forced to go to hospital on June 12 and has since fallen ill with a general practitioner.
She said her office staff would continue to work in the constituency, adding: “We will all see each other once I recover.”
She wrote: “During my time as a Member of Parliament, I have been subjected to a protracted campaign of misogyny and harassment. It was “particularly painful and difficult” as she survived domestic violence, Begham added.
“This abusive campaign had a significant effect on my mental and physical health,” she said.
This meant that she could no longer take part in the voting process, a labor procedure in which local parties and related groups decide whether an incumbent MP should run in the next general election by default or whether the constituency should be full. re-election process.
When members of Poplar and Limehouse pressed the ballot, local members reportedly complained to the party headquarters about how it was conducted, with complaints of interruption, intimidation and harassment of women.
In a statement, Begham said he thought the party could do more to help her: “I am very concerned about the wider circumstances surrounding the voting process.
“This includes complaints of alleged violations of the rules and alleged misogynistic intimidation. It is vital that the country properly investigates these complaints and takes appropriate action.
“If the Labor Party is to be a party of equality, it must do everything possible to ensure that such behavior is never tolerated.
Begum’s previous experience with domestic violence came when she was acquitted last year of fraud for withholding information about her circumstances in order to receive social housing.
The Tower Hamlets council said Begham did not notify her when she moved in with her partner. The MP said that she had informed the council about the purposes of the municipal tax, that she was in a difficult personal period due to family reasons and that her “controlling and forced” partner Ekhtashamul Hake had taken over her affairs.
In a statement after her acquittal, Begum said the case had caused her great suffering.
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