Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 4, 2023 7:41:33 GMT 12
Clive Boonham: SHOULD THE TE PATI MAORI MPS BE ALLOWED TO SWEAR THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE?
On 1 December 2023 Te Pati Maori published an official press release on its Facebook page entitled An Oath to our Mokopuna.
It was published in the name of Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and five others, namely Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi, Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp, Tākuta Ferris, and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. They are all newly elected MPs for Te Pati Maori.
The press release was published four days before the six MPs will be obliged to swear an oath of allegiance to King Charles the Third if they wish to sit and vote in the 54th New Zealand Parliament.
It is unclear from the contents of the press release whether the five elected members intend to refuse to swear the oath, or whether they intend to swear the oath of allegiance to King Charles while at the same time rejecting the constitution of New Zealand, its legal system and the absolute sovereignty of King Charles.
To a certain extent the issue is clear cut. If a Member refuses to swear of affirm the oath in Mäori or in English then that person cannot sit in the House, vote or get paid.....
....Te Pati Maori has laid down a challenge to Parliament. Its elected members unequivocally reject the statutory role of Parliament itself and that of King Charles. They are disrespectful to both. They reject the rule of law in favour of tikanga.
If they are allowed to take the oath then it is likely that they will use it as a Trojan horse to get access to Parliament through constitutional means. Then they will be at liberty to attack the constitution from within Parliament.
Is the new government prepared to stand firmly behind New Zealand's written constitution, or will it allow Te Pati Maori to make a mockery of the oath of allegiance?.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/clive-boonham-should-te-pati-maori-mps.html
On 1 December 2023 Te Pati Maori published an official press release on its Facebook page entitled An Oath to our Mokopuna.
It was published in the name of Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and five others, namely Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi, Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp, Tākuta Ferris, and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. They are all newly elected MPs for Te Pati Maori.
The press release was published four days before the six MPs will be obliged to swear an oath of allegiance to King Charles the Third if they wish to sit and vote in the 54th New Zealand Parliament.
It is unclear from the contents of the press release whether the five elected members intend to refuse to swear the oath, or whether they intend to swear the oath of allegiance to King Charles while at the same time rejecting the constitution of New Zealand, its legal system and the absolute sovereignty of King Charles.
To a certain extent the issue is clear cut. If a Member refuses to swear of affirm the oath in Mäori or in English then that person cannot sit in the House, vote or get paid.....
....Te Pati Maori has laid down a challenge to Parliament. Its elected members unequivocally reject the statutory role of Parliament itself and that of King Charles. They are disrespectful to both. They reject the rule of law in favour of tikanga.
If they are allowed to take the oath then it is likely that they will use it as a Trojan horse to get access to Parliament through constitutional means. Then they will be at liberty to attack the constitution from within Parliament.
Is the new government prepared to stand firmly behind New Zealand's written constitution, or will it allow Te Pati Maori to make a mockery of the oath of allegiance?.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/clive-boonham-should-te-pati-maori-mps.html