Amazing isn’t it?
National can ram through legislation to keep the pubs open for our alcoholic nation for the Rugby World Cup, but Key wants to wait till a review next year to lift our quota of refugees while children drown on beaches and Europe is swamped by desperate survivors of regions devastated by climate change and war we in the West fuel.
Is this the country NZ is proud of? Is this the leader who we are really following? Is this sad sate of affairs worth that housing valuation that keeps going up?
Sadly for those who vote National – yes it is.
Well one policy makes heaps of money for cronies (NatzKEY benefactors, the booze industry), while the other policy means demonstrating some humanity for the less fortunate, giving them a helping hand towards achieving a better life. So FJK follows his nose and goes with the obvious, that which proves to be the best deal for him!
Not forgetting the 48 hours it took for Key to ram through legislation changing our Labour laws for Warner Bros’ benefit…
48. Fucking. Hours.
DICTATOR LIKE SPEED EH FRANK?
WHEN HE HAS DONE THE CLOSING DOWN OF ANY MEDIA OPPOSITION OR ANY LEGAL AVENUES BY HOLLOWING OUT THE JUDICIARY HE IS GAINING DICTATOR STATUS VERY QUICKLY TOO!
Surely, John Key could perhaps do a bit more to show a little more empathy towards the whole refugee crisis. What can be translated from his statement about the climate refugee situation is the lack of urgency and priority towards them. The future of these people rely on the “now”. The future cannot wait as its actions rely on the presents doings. Maybe New Zealand’s investment into the Pacific’s development on sustainable energy should be reviewed. Potentially because it might not be alleviating these sinking island atolls from the harsh tremors of the global warming effects. Is John Key doing enough?
His leadership ought to show where his weaknesses lie and what with the rejection of raising the Syrian refugee quota to more than 750? However, New Zealand has not increased its refugee quota since it was first set at 800 almost 30 years ago, in 1987.
Yes, his reasoning provides that we as a country have been allowing refugee immigration for quite a long period of time. Also Key’s self held belief that if New Zealand were to invite the influx of refugee immigrants into its country, then it would need to better its services before increasing the intake. To add more salt to the wound, these same Syrian refugees must face much harsher plights as human beings fighting for a means of survival like literally. Whilst us citizens might also fight for a means of survival in differing contexts, what must be noted is that refugees fleeing these war zones in particular must now fight twice as hard to maintain basic necessities which we might be so privileged to. Things like security, shelter, food and emotional understanding are all jeopardized. Yet even its nearby bordering countries are so unwilling to accept them to the extent that Hungary vows to arrest refugees who come into contact. With a crisis like this concerning refugees, the most humane thing that could be done is look into the issues and do something about it. After all, these are other human beings who just like us have a right to the basic needs in life. And thus, the quota of the Syrian refugee intake should be doubled. This begs a clear cut but evocative question; What if we were in refugees’ shoes?
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