Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 2, 2017 8:28:30 GMT 12
OPEN LETTER TO WINSTON – JACINDA IS WAY OUT OF LINE
Dear Winston – Please don’t shift your ground on a promise you made – and yes – it wasn’t an If…or a Maybe. It was an unequivocal undertaking. So many have trusted you. That’s important. So, as you know, is your integrity. So is public perception. To now reportedly hint that it would be fair enough to back off your pledge to abolish the divisive Maori seats in Parliament, because the Maori Party failed to win any, this recent election, is imply not good enough. You will be well aware that as long as the provision for the Maori seats exist, in law, they can be contested again, in a coming election.
This is an open letter to tell you how dismayed, even betrayed, so many thousands of New Zealanders will now feel if you shift your stance on your pledge to call for a referendum on at last removing these anachronistic seats in parliament. You know they are racist. You gave your pledge as a bottom line. And as far as so many of us are concerned, you were actually promising what was long recommended, so that the country can at last say – We are one – or at least strive for equality for all, under the law........
Continue reading Amy Brookes’ great letter > 100daystodemocracy.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/open-letter-to-winston-jacinda-is-way-out-of-line/
Dear Winston – Please don’t shift your ground on a promise you made – and yes – it wasn’t an If…or a Maybe. It was an unequivocal undertaking. So many have trusted you. That’s important. So, as you know, is your integrity. So is public perception. To now reportedly hint that it would be fair enough to back off your pledge to abolish the divisive Maori seats in Parliament, because the Maori Party failed to win any, this recent election, is imply not good enough. You will be well aware that as long as the provision for the Maori seats exist, in law, they can be contested again, in a coming election.
This is an open letter to tell you how dismayed, even betrayed, so many thousands of New Zealanders will now feel if you shift your stance on your pledge to call for a referendum on at last removing these anachronistic seats in parliament. You know they are racist. You gave your pledge as a bottom line. And as far as so many of us are concerned, you were actually promising what was long recommended, so that the country can at last say – We are one – or at least strive for equality for all, under the law........
Continue reading Amy Brookes’ great letter > 100daystodemocracy.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/open-letter-to-winston-jacinda-is-way-out-of-line/