Police Minister Poto Williams has refused to let National’s police spokesman meet the Commissioner or any district commanders, saying cops are too busy for him.
[…] “She is being petulant and vindictive and making it personal because I am doing my job in holding her to account,” Mitchell told Newstalk ZB.
“It may be uncomfortable being told I don’t think she’s very good at her job and I don’t think she’s across her portfolio, but for her now to use her political power and position in government to start blocking me from meetings – that’s Third World stuff.”
Mitchell told the Mike Hosking Breakfast: “She may as well go and join the Cabinet in Somalia.”
[…] Williams said […] it was for her to make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
“I think the police have been quite busy in the last few months, so in this case I’ve decided [against it].
[…] She said police had not told her they were too busy for a meeting but “as Minister of Police I have an understanding of what police are going through at the moment”.
NZ Herald
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