Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 29, 2024 4:11:26 GMT 12
ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR HITS OUT AT OPPOSITION TO TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL IN STATE OF NATION SPEECH
ACT leader David Seymour has slammed opposition to his Treaty Principles Bill, questioning whether Māori leaders are dealing with issues responsibly or inciting "baseless racial resentment".
It comes after Seymour was announced as Associate Minister of Justice and responsible for the Treaty Principles Bill, giving him more ownership of the controversial legislation based on an ACT Party proposal to debate and define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Seymour has said it's time for New Zealanders to have the discussion, rather than leaving it up to judges and bureaucrats.
Seymour accused those calling the legislation "racist" of sowing division.
"Leaders in Māoridom who have the ear of the young need to ask themselves: are they dealing with the issues responsibly, or simply inciting baseless racial resentment? It is an important question," Seymour said in his State of the Nation speech.....
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ACT leader David Seymour has slammed opposition to his Treaty Principles Bill, questioning whether Māori leaders are dealing with issues responsibly or inciting "baseless racial resentment".
It comes after Seymour was announced as Associate Minister of Justice and responsible for the Treaty Principles Bill, giving him more ownership of the controversial legislation based on an ACT Party proposal to debate and define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Seymour has said it's time for New Zealanders to have the discussion, rather than leaving it up to judges and bureaucrats.
Seymour accused those calling the legislation "racist" of sowing division.
"Leaders in Māoridom who have the ear of the young need to ask themselves: are they dealing with the issues responsibly, or simply inciting baseless racial resentment? It is an important question," Seymour said in his State of the Nation speech.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/01/act-leader-david-seymour-hits-out-at-opposition-to-treaty-principles-bill-in-state-of-nation-speech.html