Source : Perth Now news
Pauline Hanson has landed in hot water after being unable to name the leaders of both Japan and Indonesia in a new upcoming documentary amid ongoing criticism about her leadership capability.
The One Nation leader found herself struggling to name the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in an upcoming News24 documentary called “The Fight For The Right”.
“If you became Prime Minister, wouldn’t you want to visit Jakarta fairly quickly and meet with the President there?” Chris Kenny, a News24 host asked.
“I don’t know if I’d say I want to,” Senator Hanson said.
“Do you know who the President is?” she was asked.
“No, I don’t know his name,” she admitted.
“I can’t remember his name.”
“You can’t remember the name of the President of Indonesia?” Kenny asked.
“No, I can’t,” she said.
“What about the Prime Minister of Japan?”
“Oh, she’s – um – I can’t say,” Senator Hanson said.
“You can’t remember her name either? You could tell us who the President of China is.”
“Xi Jinping,” Senator Hanson said.
The clip comes after ongoing criticism from both Labor and the Liberals about her ability to lead Australia.
This week thousands of students ditched the classroom for the streets to protest against Pauline Hanson.
In June, Anthony Albanese criticised the One Nation leader, claiming that she would have a difficult time managing international diplomatic relations on behalf of Australia.
“Think about the global fuel crisis that has just occurred and think about whether everyone in public life would be in a position to go to our Asian friends in Singapore, in Brunei, in Malaysia, in China, in South Korea and Japan and say we have a relationship that is important, of mutual interest in our region,” the Prime Minister said.
“Look at what we’ve managed to achieve … is to deliver that security of supply so that today we have more jet fuel, petrol and diesel in Australia than we had … when this conflict began.
“That hasn’t happened by accident. That’s happened due to relationships … that’s what serious political parties of government are able to achieve when they’re focused on the needs of the Australian people.”
