Liverpool councillors have called for an extraordinary meeting to suspend the embattled council’s chief executive, Jason Breton, after an inquiry heard allegations that Mayor Ned Mannoun solicited a $1000 donation from a property developer to help fund Breton’s failed local government election run.

On Tuesday, Labor’s Sam Karnib and Ethan Monaghan submitted a written request for Mannoun to call an urgent extraordinary meeting to allow for councillors to debate a motion calling for the alleged donation to be referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

The motion calls for council’s community and lifestyle director, Tina Bono, to be appointed as acting chief executive, with Breton to be immediately suspended until an external investigation considers the evidence air

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