Comments on: Normalising participation

By: Reece

Reece — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:18:47 +0000

I agree with Sione. If there’s a split, why should that be blamed on Unasa/his supporters or voters? The same can be charged against Len and his supporters/voters for splitting the vote.

By: Sione Maitiko

Sione Maitiko — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 02:39:17 +0000

@Jilly Bee – with due respect, the incumbent is not Pacific and at the end of the day, a much more important issue is for us Pacific people to normalise aspiration to high offices such as mayor of Auckland and hopefully, one day, PM. As Toeolesulusulu also said in that Native Affairs programme, many in the Pacific communities also feel that “left-leaning” parties like Labour (and by association the incumbent mayor), have taken their support for granted for far too long. I for one will be voting for Unasa and in the end if Palino wins because of the “split” (as you put it) then so be it -because in the end, it probably won’t make any difference to Pacific communities if its Brown or Palino (or Minto for that matter), but it will be huge step forward (win or lose) for us when we receive our mayoral ballot papers and see a Pacific name on it.

By: Jilly Bee

Jilly Bee — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:37:04 +0000

Efeso, my question is though, why does Uesifili Unasa wish to split the left leaning vote and as a worse possible scenario have John Palino getting elected. I for one wouldn’t want that to happen. What exactly is Mr Unasa’s problem with the incumbent.