QUÉBEC - Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez has expelled his former parliamentary leader from his caucus, saying she lacked loyalty to him and to the party.

On Tuesday, Rodriguez said Marwah Rizqy has "done a lot of damage" to the party since she fired her chief of staff last month and kicked off an internal crisis.

"She chose to turn her back on our team," he told reporters at the provincial legislature. "Marwah Rizqy has made her choice. I made mine."

The expulsion is the latest development in a saga that has threatened to derail the provincial Liberal party over the last two weeks. Rodriguez initially suspended Rizqy from caucus after she fired her chief of staff, Geneviève Hinse, without consulting him. He says she has refused to explain her decision to him.

In a short statement

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