Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 1, 2024 8:22:30 GMT 12
Graham Adams: TREATY PRINCIPLES DEBATE TAKES OFF
Anyone who followed David Seymour’s patient championing of assisted dying will have a sneaking suspicion that history may well repeat itself in the Treaty principles debate. As Winston Peters might put it, this is not his first rodeo.
It took five years after Seymour lodged his bill in Parliament’s biscuit tin in 2015 for the End of Life Choice Act to be ratified in a referendum at 2020’s general election and he was fighting very powerful opponents all the way — including the Catholic Church and its proxies, as well as influential doctors’ unions.
He entered the arena as the underdog, with even some of those pushing for a law-change initially seeing him as a poor representative to lead the campaign. Little by little, however, his critics were obliged to concede his persistent advocacy was highly effective.
Despite that success, few commentators rate his chances of progressing a Treaty Principles Bill beyond a first reading and its associated select committee hearing, let alone securing a referendum to ultimately ratify or reject a Treaty Principles Act. The consensus seems to be that angry protests will frighten Christopher Luxon into making sure Seymour’s proposed bill is summarily shot down after the select committee process…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/01/graham-adams-treaty-principles-debate.html
Anyone who followed David Seymour’s patient championing of assisted dying will have a sneaking suspicion that history may well repeat itself in the Treaty principles debate. As Winston Peters might put it, this is not his first rodeo.
It took five years after Seymour lodged his bill in Parliament’s biscuit tin in 2015 for the End of Life Choice Act to be ratified in a referendum at 2020’s general election and he was fighting very powerful opponents all the way — including the Catholic Church and its proxies, as well as influential doctors’ unions.
He entered the arena as the underdog, with even some of those pushing for a law-change initially seeing him as a poor representative to lead the campaign. Little by little, however, his critics were obliged to concede his persistent advocacy was highly effective.
Despite that success, few commentators rate his chances of progressing a Treaty Principles Bill beyond a first reading and its associated select committee hearing, let alone securing a referendum to ultimately ratify or reject a Treaty Principles Act. The consensus seems to be that angry protests will frighten Christopher Luxon into making sure Seymour’s proposed bill is summarily shot down after the select committee process…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/01/graham-adams-treaty-principles-debate.html