Patten: Somyurek's opposition may have 'blown up' Victorian pandemic bill

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has conceded Adem Somyurek’s decision to block the the Victorian government’s controversial pandemic laws may have “blown up the bill”.

The former Labor MP told the Herald Sun he opposed the bill as it gave the government “too much power”, pledging to vote against the proposed laws ahead of a vote on Wednesday.

Ms Patten says she is disappointed by the developments, accusing Mr Somyurek of seeking “revenge” against his former colleagues.

“He may well have done (blown up the bill), he certainly seems to be keen on getting some revenge on his colleagues,” she told Sky News Australia.

“I don’t think there’s any love lost between Mr Somyurek and many of the government members, so this maybe his last hurrah and another way to inflict some pain on them.

“Victoria is the only state that doesn’t have the ability to just roll over states of emergency and can’t do that indefinitely.

“Victoria could be in the very unfortunate situation of not having any ability to manage or control the global pandemic once our state of emergency ends in December.”