In the 2022 General election Tana managed a mere 12% of her available electoral votes.
So too the Greens in that low income electorate with the Party vote.
Nevertheless, thanks to the vagaries of the Party system, Tana briefly found herself a list MP.
Subsequently after a damning independent report on her past, she resigned as a Party MP.
But she’s continued to turn up at Parliament at a cost to the taxpayer in salary and expenses of circa $200,000 annually.
Here’s what puzzles me. If I, neither elected nor a Party member, turn up at Parliament and try to take a seat I’d be promptly ejected.
But that is exactly the same status as Tana, that is neither elected nor now a Party member so why on earth hasn’t the speaker booted her out? There’s no need to go through the motions of the ridiculously named Waka Jumping law.
There’s a hugely amusing side to all of this. That is with Tana gone her replacement is a Waikato university “researcher” called Benjamin Doyle.
Google him. If he so much as opens his mouth he’ll have the Greens ruing they ever got rid of Tana.
If nothing else then I suppose we can give the Greens points for their entertainment value.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE - where this article was sourced.
Subsequently after a damning independent report on her past, she resigned as a Party MP.
But she’s continued to turn up at Parliament at a cost to the taxpayer in salary and expenses of circa $200,000 annually.
Here’s what puzzles me. If I, neither elected nor a Party member, turn up at Parliament and try to take a seat I’d be promptly ejected.
But that is exactly the same status as Tana, that is neither elected nor now a Party member so why on earth hasn’t the speaker booted her out? There’s no need to go through the motions of the ridiculously named Waka Jumping law.
There’s a hugely amusing side to all of this. That is with Tana gone her replacement is a Waikato university “researcher” called Benjamin Doyle.
Google him. If he so much as opens his mouth he’ll have the Greens ruing they ever got rid of Tana.
If nothing else then I suppose we can give the Greens points for their entertainment value.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE - where this article was sourced.
1 comment:
Interesting comment from Sir Robert, re the New Zealand (current) Electoral System aka MMP.
Interesting in the fact, since the recent UK General Election, and the - "passing of the Govt baton" to The Labour Party, there has been "much stated", that the UK should look at a Representational Electoral Process. In one YouTube video, on this topic, a "sane person" posted the comment - "If you are considering this, do not look at what New Zealand did, it has major flaws".
How nice, right on the nail, what?
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