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  • Darleen Tana vs the Green Party

    From Gordon@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 28 04:51:16 2024
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358045/darleen-tanas-refusal-resign-parliament-distorts-greens-representation

    It does seem to me that the Green Party has the tool to remove her from the
    the House via the waka jumping law, which has been created for such a case
    as this.

    Quote

    "We have also reiterated our clear request for them to resign from Parliament, and in so doing, draw this matter to a conclusion. This would be in the best interests of all involved.”

    Unquote.

    The tool and the power is there so start the process or just speak no more about it.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Sun Jul 28 22:44:13 2024
    Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: >https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358045/darleen-tanas-refusal-resign-parliament-distorts-greens-representation

    It does seem to me that the Green Party has the tool to remove her from the >the House via the waka jumping law, which has been created for such a case
    as this.

    Quote

    "We have also reiterated our clear request for them to resign from Parliament, >and in so doing, draw this matter to a conclusion. This would be in the best >interests of all involved.”

    Unquote.

    The tool and the power is there so start the process or just speak no more >about it.
    It appears that they have kicked the process off with the required 21 days notice.

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  • From Mutley@21:1/5 to Tony on Mon Jul 29 14:42:45 2024
    Tony <[email protected]> wrote:

    Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: >>https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358045/darleen-tanas-refusal-resign-parliament-distorts-greens-representation

    It does seem to me that the Green Party has the tool to remove her from the >>the House via the waka jumping law, which has been created for such a case >>as this.

    Quote

    "We have also reiterated our clear request for them to resign from Parliament,
    and in so doing, draw this matter to a conclusion. This would be in the best >>interests of all involved.�?

    Unquote.

    The tool and the power is there so start the process or just speak no more >>about it.
    It appears that they have kicked the process off with the required 21 days >notice.
    It would be hypocritical of the Green to use the Waka Jumping clause
    as they were so much against it being introduced

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Mutley on Mon Jul 29 03:46:06 2024
    Mutley <[email protected]> wrote:
    Tony <[email protected]> wrote:

    Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: >>>https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358045/darleen-tanas-refusal-resign-parliament-distorts-greens-representation

    It does seem to me that the Green Party has the tool to remove her from the >>>the House via the waka jumping law, which has been created for such a case >>>as this.

    Quote

    "We have also reiterated our clear request for them to resign from >>>Parliament,
    and in so doing, draw this matter to a conclusion. This would be in the best >>>interests of all involved.�?

    Unquote.

    The tool and the power is there so start the process or just speak no more >>>about it.
    It appears that they have kicked the process off with the required 21 days >>notice.
    It would be hypocritical of the Green to use the Waka Jumping clause
    as they were so much against it being introduced
    Indeed, but the Greens are the most hypocrtical of all the New Zealand political parties. As Crash has mentioned they are the watermellon party.
    So they are just behaving in their normal fashion.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to Gordon on Mon Jul 29 21:24:30 2024
    On 28 Jul 2024 04:51:16 GMT, Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358045/darleen-tanas-refusal-resign-parliament-distorts-greens-representation

    It does seem to me that the Green Party has the tool to remove her from the >the House via the waka jumping law, which has been created for such a case
    as this.

    Quote

    "We have also reiterated our clear request for them to resign from Parliament, >and in so doing, draw this matter to a conclusion. This would be in the best >interests of all involved.�

    Unquote.

    The tool and the power is there so start the process or just speak no more >about it.

    It is not as simple as that Gordon. While the Greens are indeed the
    victim of a recalcitrant list MP of theirs who's resignation from the
    party but not Parliament robs them of proportional representation, the
    Greens also campaigned long and hard against this Act because they
    felt it gave the party too much power over MPs.

    The Greens do NOT turn on their own like this normally. Tana has
    clearly got up their collective noses.


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    Crash McBash

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