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.
3 comments:
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?
It feels like just deserts all round and in the end the rort was put to a stop. Justice served but not without hemorrhaging this shameful and continual waste of public funds, but oh, we did have a laugh for a little while. What will happen next and when really does it stop Mr. Speaker?
NZ’s political world consists of bubbles, just how many is debatable, but one factor they ALL have in common is that they do not connect with the voters. Note ‘the’ and not their. It matters hardly a jot that much of NZ couldn’t care less who replaces Darleen Tana, because that replacement does not care a fig for anyone but who might kiss his aftermath. Thus this Benjamin Doyle will do what he will do, regardless of what we might think of him, and he is protected by an archaic Parliamentary system which nurtures & nourishes “we may be mistaken but we’re never wrong”.
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