Why I won’t be lectured to by the Right on Democracy when it comes to banning Māori and Youth from local councils

Heather Duplicity Allan is furious…

Race relations gives people the ick, but stripping unelected members of voting rights was obvious – Heather du Plessis-Allan

 

…and Alt-Right Billionaire Canadian Jim Grenon’s favourite hate pet is outraged…

Democracy cannot mean bypassing voters – Jonathan Ayling

 

…the Government’s sudden desire through Local Council Minister Simon Watts to legislate away any unelected Māori representation that has voting rights on local councils has ACT and the Taxpayers’ Union claiming it was a threat to democracy.

These Māori representatives had voting rights on getting things through to Council, they didn’t have final voting rights on what Council decided.

This isn’t about democracy, it’s about race baiting dressed up as a legitimate concern for democracy!

This also impacts youth representatives as well, Hastings granted youth councillors voting rights on some council committees – when local democracy is dying and participation is waning – why shut down Māori and Youth engagement in a process they don’t even have a final say on?

Apparently allowing Māori and Youth representation is the end of Westminster Democracy as we know it. Once these Māori and Youth start having a say, milk will curdle, calf deformities will surge, cats and dogs will start living together and planes will fall from the sky.

Is this the threat to democracy ACT, Hobson’s Pledge, National and the NZ Fascist Front thinks it is?

Of course it isn’t!

Is there an irony about the Right claiming to be defending democracy when they are ramming this law through without a select committee process?

This Government have rammed through 57% of their legislation under urgency removing select committee scrutiny and proper democratic participation.

Where does the Right get off lecturing the Left on Democracy with that record?

The NZ Right only care about democracy when it can be weaponised against Māori!

I won’t be lectured to by the Right on Democracy when it comes to banning Māori and Youth from local councils, they want majoritarianism not Democracy and majoritarianism has all the ethical weight of 2 wolves and a lamb voting on who to have for lunch.