National party MP Nick Smith has accused the government of rushing changes in electoral law to advantage the coalition’s re-election. He called the move “sneaky” and pointed out that it was being done in an unprecedented way and against convention.
In the past, changes to the electoral law only happened after extensive cross-party consultation. Smith said that the government are “riding roughshod” over the process and that cabinet has pre-empted the decision.
Diametrically disparate attitudes towards political interference in New Zealand’s public sector.
‘Worst report in 21 years’ – but who seriously thinks there will be consequences?
Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissenting opinion completely reframed citizenship as a two-way agreement between the person and the political community. It is not conferred by birth alone but also requires domicile, which means allegiance and the forsaking of other political loyalties.
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