Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 5, 2022 10:16:29 GMT 12
Don Brash: OUR CONSTITUTION IS BEING CHANGED BEFORE OUR EYES
Many people seem to think that New Zealand doesn’t have a constitution. And certainly we are one of a very small number of countries which does not have a written constitution, a single document laying out how the governance of the country should be conducted.
But we certainly have a constitution, albeit not one written down in a single document. Rather, our constitution consists of a number of laws and a number of conventions, many of them inherited from the United Kingdom which, like us, does not have a written constitution.
Our constitution provides, for example, for the Queen to be our Head of State, but to exercise her authority through the ministers in Her government who have, in turn, been chosen by elected Members of Parliament. Laws provide criteria for whom may vote in elections, and for how frequently those elections must be held. We have a court system to interpret those laws. All that and more is our constitution......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/05/don-brash-our-constitution-is-being.html
Many people seem to think that New Zealand doesn’t have a constitution. And certainly we are one of a very small number of countries which does not have a written constitution, a single document laying out how the governance of the country should be conducted.
But we certainly have a constitution, albeit not one written down in a single document. Rather, our constitution consists of a number of laws and a number of conventions, many of them inherited from the United Kingdom which, like us, does not have a written constitution.
Our constitution provides, for example, for the Queen to be our Head of State, but to exercise her authority through the ministers in Her government who have, in turn, been chosen by elected Members of Parliament. Laws provide criteria for whom may vote in elections, and for how frequently those elections must be held. We have a court system to interpret those laws. All that and more is our constitution......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/05/don-brash-our-constitution-is-being.html