Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 24, 2023 16:32:34 GMT 12
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! - Dr Muriel Newman.
Accordingly, when the MMP legislation was first tabled in Parliament in the early nineties, there was no provision for Maori seats. But as a result of pressure from Maori leaders, weak politicians caved in and the Maori seats were retained.
Now, as predicted by the Royal Commission, while Maori make up only 13.7 percent of the voting-age population, they now hold a disproportionate 27 percent of the seats in Parliament.
This massive over-representation of Maori in Parliament discriminates against non-Maori and is in breach of the guarantee of freedom from discrimination in our Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Act.
The Maori seats are no longer required: They should be abolished.
The second ‘pillar’ of democracy, the ‘Executive’, consists of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet and the Departments and Ministries which run the country. The government’s policy agenda is presented to voters in the lead up to an election, and the public mandate they receive gives them the constitutional legitimacy to govern.
During the last Parliament, however, Labour kept their key He Puapua policy secret from voters. As a result, they had no mandate whatsoever to transfer power to iwi leaders.
The 50:50 ‘co-governance’ mechanism they used, which gives representatives of the 17 percent minority of the population who identify as Maori the same voting power as representatives of the 83 percent majority, undermines democracy as we know it.
By giving representatives of the tribal elite almost five times the voting power in democratic decision-making, as the representatives of the general public, co-governance is not only grossly discriminatory, but it erodes the one-person, one-vote foundation stone of our Westminster democratic system.
Furthermore, by giving Maori activists 50 percent of voting rights on decision-making boards, they gain the power of veto – effectively replacing democracy with tribal totalitarianism.
Co-governance is based on a fabricated reinterpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi as a ‘partnership’, in spite of the fact that it is constitutionally impossible for the Crown to enter into a partnership with subjects.
Not only were co-governance arrangements forced onto public sector organisations as part of the He Puapua rollout, but private sector groups that engage with the government through registration or funding – including charities, real estate firms, architects, engineers, and lawyers – were also targeted and required to promote co-governance and the fictional Treaty partnership.
These racist and discriminatory arrangements should be removed.......
www.nzcpr.com/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2/
Accordingly, when the MMP legislation was first tabled in Parliament in the early nineties, there was no provision for Maori seats. But as a result of pressure from Maori leaders, weak politicians caved in and the Maori seats were retained.
Now, as predicted by the Royal Commission, while Maori make up only 13.7 percent of the voting-age population, they now hold a disproportionate 27 percent of the seats in Parliament.
This massive over-representation of Maori in Parliament discriminates against non-Maori and is in breach of the guarantee of freedom from discrimination in our Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Act.
The Maori seats are no longer required: They should be abolished.
The second ‘pillar’ of democracy, the ‘Executive’, consists of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet and the Departments and Ministries which run the country. The government’s policy agenda is presented to voters in the lead up to an election, and the public mandate they receive gives them the constitutional legitimacy to govern.
During the last Parliament, however, Labour kept their key He Puapua policy secret from voters. As a result, they had no mandate whatsoever to transfer power to iwi leaders.
The 50:50 ‘co-governance’ mechanism they used, which gives representatives of the 17 percent minority of the population who identify as Maori the same voting power as representatives of the 83 percent majority, undermines democracy as we know it.
By giving representatives of the tribal elite almost five times the voting power in democratic decision-making, as the representatives of the general public, co-governance is not only grossly discriminatory, but it erodes the one-person, one-vote foundation stone of our Westminster democratic system.
Furthermore, by giving Maori activists 50 percent of voting rights on decision-making boards, they gain the power of veto – effectively replacing democracy with tribal totalitarianism.
Co-governance is based on a fabricated reinterpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi as a ‘partnership’, in spite of the fact that it is constitutionally impossible for the Crown to enter into a partnership with subjects.
Not only were co-governance arrangements forced onto public sector organisations as part of the He Puapua rollout, but private sector groups that engage with the government through registration or funding – including charities, real estate firms, architects, engineers, and lawyers – were also targeted and required to promote co-governance and the fictional Treaty partnership.
These racist and discriminatory arrangements should be removed.......
www.nzcpr.com/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2/