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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 12, 2019 2:56:18 GMT 12
BILL TO PROTECT MĀORI SEATS FAILS IN PARLIAMENTA bill making it harder to remove the Māori seats from Parliament has been voted down by MPs, with New Zealand First opposing the change. Electoral (Entrenchment of Māori Seats) Amendment Bill, in the name of Labour Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene, would have meant the seats would have been entrenched in electoral law, requiring 75 per cent of MPs to vote to get rid of them in the future. Other parts of the Electoral Act are subject to a 75 per cent majority before they can be changed, including terms of Parliament and the part providing for the general seats...... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12292856
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