At first glance the
eventual loss of so many Otago institutions such as the
Invermay research facility and Hillside work
shops (where railway wagons were built) has little to do with the way we elect our political representatives to
Parliament. (It actually has a lot to do with the
fact that only railway wagons were built the re)
In
fact it has everything to do with our electoral system allowing political
parties to appoint – not our, but the ir
representatives. The fault lies directly with the
Political Party system of governance of this country. National, Labour, Greens,
NZ First etc. all exercise total control of who the y
will accept into Parliament and not the
voters. The voters elect the parties
but the MPs are chosen by the party.
