No general election in 2023
That's a big relief
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No general election in 2023
That's a big relief
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Ardern was so effective in convincing the Australians not to send their riff-raff here that they sent a killer and murderer instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by [B
"The man accused of murdering a Sandringham dairy worker was deported from Australia earlier this year".
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/dairy-...EQIOQ7RI34EDY/
Ardern, Mahuta and Sage thought they could slip this outrage past the NZ public. Only after being condemned not only by the Nats and Act, but by constitutional experts is Ardern prepared to discuss it at Cabinet. All 3 should resign and apologise to the NZ public. As for the rest of the Labour caucus, where is their moral spine? Is there no one decent left in that party?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...da-ardern-says
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/natio...0d30627f3a4ede
And some people still believe we live in a fair democracy undier this deceitful and vile Government.
Jono this is not what you think, this is a case of 1 lawyer or maybe a couple raising an academic argument which in this case goes against common sense.
Just some background, in 2013 the National govt held a referendum about whether or not to sell Public Assets, the Power companies.
67% of the respondents said NO.
The short sighted National govt ignored them & undemocratically went ahead & sold them anyway.
The situation with the power companies now is not good with them returning huge dividends to shareholders instead of reinvesting for future demand & overseas investors owning a large portion of our previously publicly owned companies. Management answer to shareholders now instead of the people of NZ.
Water is so vital to the sustainability of all life that the Labour government wants it to be protected from, 'for profit' privatisation. As we've seen overseas, that would be a disaster.
So instead of ending a simple majority in Parliament to sell it off, like an ACT & National govt could, they want the threshold raised to 60% of MP's.
Academics call that 'entrenchment' (i.e. making it more difficult to change a law) arguing academically that goes against convention & the govt could start applying that to any laws they pass.
But water is so uniquely important to life & so necessary for everyone, it makes sense to treat it differently from anything else & to make it difficult for any short sighted single 3 year govt to come in & sell it off.
Note National & ACT have voted against the clause to prevent Privatisation.
Assets like water need to be managed with a long term view for the benefit of the whole country, whereas privatisation means management answer to a small group of shareholders who want short term rewards.
Labour's clause is to protect the democratic rights of all NZ'ers to clean water.
Look whats happened in the US with the for profit privatisation of resources like power & water, where companies have cut costs like maintenance & staff, to increase profits, resulting in the catastrophic collapse of the power grid in Texas during very hot or freezing weather, & the poisoning of drinking water in places like Flint.
Adern etc should be applauded for trying to protect this uniquely vital asset for the benefit of all NZ'ers.
It was this 'entrenchment' that prompted my post earlier that no general election in 2023
This 'entrenchment' could possibly be used to change the Electoral Act ..... and as one commentator said cynically make parliamentary terms 10 years or what ever number they come up with.
Blue Skies you are completely out of touch with reality... and so are Labour and the Greens.
Firstly, referenda aren't binding....and a good thing they aren't. To compare this totalitarian rort to a government ignoring a referendum demonstrates how lost Labour are.
Oh, BTW, the Nats had campaigned on what they did as well. I personally would rather they hadn't.
Secondly. making the claim that it's OK because water is a staple of life fits right in with the totalitarian mantra. What's next, food? The means of production of all food? Hmm, where have I heard that before?
Labour have become a power hungry controlling monster that is demonstrating they will do anything to get their way... and stuff the fragile democratic process that separates us from....well whaddayaknow...regimes that control the means of production of everything. All the while the social fabric is disintegrating around us.
Thanks Cindy....you did this.