What the fuck is going on here?
Let me get this completely straight. Less than 48 hours after voting for it, Winston says he will now repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill and less than a week after the signed it, National now say they will repeal not too?
WHERE THE HELL WAS THEIR CONSCIENCE WHEN THEY VOTED FOR IT???
This is what NZFirst MP Casey Costello said on the 3rd reading of the bill, and I quote:
We support this bill because on the fundamentals, it promotes an open and accountable Government that legislates with key principles in mind: the rule of law, efficiency and regulation, property rights, an independent judiciary, and the belief that every New Zealander is equal before the law. And that equality relates to your equality of opportunity, that everyone has that chance to achieve their full potential.
So, therefore, we have no hesitation in commending this bill to the House.
No hesitation, her words, no hesitation.
48 hours later, Winston is hesitating and has announced that he will repeal the very law he just passed!
Is Winston having a senior moment?
Has he put his house keys in the fridge?
Does he recognise Shane Jones?
Blink twice for yes Winston.
When the Bill was being passed, NZFirst had no hesitation, 2 days of being ripped to pieces by his own supporters on social media for capitulating to corporations and allowing them to vet all NZ legislation, suddenly Winston has a change of mind and National are now signing the same tune!
Why did we waste millions of dollars pushing through controversial legislation that takes a narrow libertarian view of property rights and puts them above human rights if NZFirst and National didn’t actually believe in it in the first place?
I’d call this schizophrenic and bi-polar, but that isn’t fair to people with Schizophrenia and bi-polar!
Saying ‘we were just following orders’ isn’t good enough, if they all disagreed with the power distortion this would create inside our political process, why the hell did they waste all our time by voting for it?
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever witnessed in 30 years of covering politics in NZ, two of the main parties who voted in controversial legislation both turning on it in less than week of being passed!
Kiwis right now are facing the worst economic mismanagement since Ruth Richardson…
…we don’t have the luxury of National and NZF playing shits and giggles inside Parliament!
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Loose Luxon resign, out of respect. Do you have any?
arrest Peters Gunn Tekahika