Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 12, 2018 18:32:03 GMT 12
ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR WANTS TO SLASH NUMBER OF MPS TO 100, SCRAP MĀORI SEATS
ACT has unveiled a plan to slash the number of MPs to 100 - and erase the Māori seats.
Leader David Seymour has today unveiled a "Smaller Government Bill" which proposes to cap the number of MPs at 100, restrict the size of Cabinet's executive to 20 and scrap the seven Māori seats.
Seymour also proposed doing away with the seven Māori electorates.
"New Zealand is a modern, diverse democracy. There is simply no longer a place for one group of people to be treated differently under the law," he said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12105629
ACT has unveiled a plan to slash the number of MPs to 100 - and erase the Māori seats.
Leader David Seymour has today unveiled a "Smaller Government Bill" which proposes to cap the number of MPs at 100, restrict the size of Cabinet's executive to 20 and scrap the seven Māori seats.
Seymour also proposed doing away with the seven Māori electorates.
"New Zealand is a modern, diverse democracy. There is simply no longer a place for one group of people to be treated differently under the law," he said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12105629