Because if any other party had recruited a top cop for its party list without the top cop telling police bosses about it until the very last minute, Hipkins and his crew would be going nuts.
And if he wants to deny that, then he’s more arrogant than I’m giving him credit for.
But, given it’s not another party and it’s the Labour Party that announced yesterday that Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo was number 13 on its list, it’s not a problem, apparently.
In fact, Hipkins is saying that Naidoo has handled the matter with integrity.
I’d like to see him say that to Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, who is brassed off that Naidoo waited until last Thursday to tell him that he was intending to stand for Labour.
And it wasn’t until Sunday - the day before Labour released its party list - that the commissioner found out that Superintendent Naidoo had actually accepted a list spot.
Which is very bad form, because who knows what information Labour’s latest candidate has been privy to? Without anyone in the police having any idea that he’s about to run for Parliament for the Labour Party.
Hipkins isn’t commenting on how long the party has been in discussions with the senior police officer, other than saying there had been a couple of conversations over the last few months.
But the Police Commissioner didn’t know about it until it was pretty much a done deal, which is not acting with integrity, as Hipkins seems to think it is.
Acting with integrity would be having a quiet word with the bosses as soon as you start having those quiet conversations with the Labour Party.
Because this isn’t about a cop moving to Australia for a new job. This is about a senior cop signing up to a political party wanting to take down the current government.
The current government that this particular officer serves, whether he likes it or not.
So no, Chris Hipkins, this hasn’t been handled with integrity. And for you to try and convince us that it has speaks volumes about the arrogance of you and your party.
John MacDonald is the Canterbury Mornings host on Newstalk ZB Christchurch. This article was first published HERE
But, given it’s not another party and it’s the Labour Party that announced yesterday that Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo was number 13 on its list, it’s not a problem, apparently.
In fact, Hipkins is saying that Naidoo has handled the matter with integrity.
I’d like to see him say that to Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, who is brassed off that Naidoo waited until last Thursday to tell him that he was intending to stand for Labour.
And it wasn’t until Sunday - the day before Labour released its party list - that the commissioner found out that Superintendent Naidoo had actually accepted a list spot.
Which is very bad form, because who knows what information Labour’s latest candidate has been privy to? Without anyone in the police having any idea that he’s about to run for Parliament for the Labour Party.
Hipkins isn’t commenting on how long the party has been in discussions with the senior police officer, other than saying there had been a couple of conversations over the last few months.
But the Police Commissioner didn’t know about it until it was pretty much a done deal, which is not acting with integrity, as Hipkins seems to think it is.
Acting with integrity would be having a quiet word with the bosses as soon as you start having those quiet conversations with the Labour Party.
Because this isn’t about a cop moving to Australia for a new job. This is about a senior cop signing up to a political party wanting to take down the current government.
The current government that this particular officer serves, whether he likes it or not.
So no, Chris Hipkins, this hasn’t been handled with integrity. And for you to try and convince us that it has speaks volumes about the arrogance of you and your party.
John MacDonald is the Canterbury Mornings host on Newstalk ZB Christchurch. This article was first published HERE
7 comments:
I guess that what we have learn't to date is that the good Superintendent is just as trustworthy and bent as his prospective boss.
It has already been pointed out in these pages, but worth repeating, that if a coalition partner had pulled this stunt then Hipkins would have been all over it like a rash - a very nasty rash.
Integrity from Dipkins? With his constant displays of hypocrisy and narcissism? Recall his denials and lies with myocarditis? And how he willingly paraded his ex-wife & kids (and new partner) in the media when it suited him but cried when the publicity did not suit his ‘family’ image? He is never at fault of course - it’s the mugs out there who elect him!
Then Stuff spins it that there was nothing wrong. Then points out that, should this person of no integrity become Minister of Police, it is likely they will be vindictive and fire any cop that has said bad things about him.
Which is, for once, something in Stuff I would agree with. What a nasty piece of goods.
I don't think nailing all of this on Chips reveals the real problem. Lack of integrity is rampant amongst the entire Labour Party.
INTEGRITY?!
Who was the last politician to show even a smidgeon of that quality?
That quality is in rare supply even amongst the general population.
In 40 years since leaving school, I count myself lucky to have had perhaps three or four managers who I considered to have a modicum of integrity.
True integrity is reserved for Heroes and Saviors.
Don't even try to apply it on carpet bagging politicians or coppers, that's a waste of time.
Just ask the question "are they doing the job for which we voted them in".
Integrity? There is no such word in any lefties vernacular.
Whatever integrity Labour had left (and it might have had none) disappeared when it decided to keep voters in the dark about the He Pua Pua report, which was a deliberate attack on NZ democracy. Hipkins seemed happy to be the glove puppet of Maori radicals.
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