Associate Minister Nicole McKee misled the public about 3 Strike support
Revealed: The 10 emails to Minister Nicole McKee that helped toughen Three Strikes
- The Government’s initial proposal for Three Strikes 2.0 was a watered-down version of 1.0, which was hoped to prevent costly legal challenges.
- After public submissions to the select committee considering version 2.0 were closed, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced a toughening of version 2.0.
- She said it was a response to feedback including a “large number of emails”. Three were sent to her, while seven more were forwarded from other MPs and ministers.
Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee is being accused of telling “fibs” after citing a “large number of emails” as a reason for toughening the Three Strikes law, when there were only 10.
Only three of those were addressed to her, while seven were sent to other MPs and ministers who then forwarded them to McKee.
Labour’s justice spokesman Duncan Webb, who requested the emails under the Official Information Act, added many of them were from Kiwiblog readers and Act supporters, which was “hardly a representative poll”.
The number of emails made a mockery of McKee’s comment about a “large number”, he said.
This is a Minister who is so toxic and pro gun that the Police Association are begging she have nothing to do with gun legislation, she’s trying to deregulate gun clubs and wants to bring back AR-15s.
She’s now been caught out claiming she had a large number of emails demanding more punitive prison sentences when really it was just 10.
If the Left had been caught out lying like this, the Right would be screaming for resignation, yet one of theirs is caught out repeatedly promoting gun interests against the common good and not a whisper.
The Right have no moral ground if they won’t punish someone so obviously misleading the public!
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This whole Govt from top to bottom is rooted in corruption.
A GOVT of individuals rooting NZ SOCIETY for their individual pockets .
This govt would be quite at home in Russia a GOVT of oligarch bastards.
‘Do you swear to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god?’. ,,,,,, Nah, I’m a right wing politician.
Telling lies about the “justice”National and Act are pushing through sums them up really….
Bullshitting as she did,,in a courtroom Justice Minister Nicole McKee would have been guilty of a crime, a serious crime, Perjury….
Right wing governments are more corrupt and criminal,,,,
The world has a corruption problem…..New Zealand is helping the corrupt.
“A Chinese-born New Zealand citizen on China’s most-wanted list was sentenced to five months home detention for money laundering on Wednsday…” ,,,
“China’s anti-corruption authority today released the names and details of their most wanted suspects –”,,,, “Four of the fugitives are believed to be living at Auckland addresses”
https://www.sarawakreport.org/2017/07/australia-and-new-zealand-slide-from-their-responsibilities-over-mass-corruption-and-malaysia/ Australia And New Zealand Slide From Their Responsibilities Over Mass Corruption In Malaysia.
https://www.sarawakreport.org/2019/10/no-profits-from-malaysia-and-papua-new-guinea-but-vast-assets-in-nz/
Fighting crime and corruption could actually help fix our housing crisis ,, asset forfeiture under our proceeds of crime laws.
But right wingers only want Law to be for the poor…..
McKee’s head will be on the chopping block soon enough