National Party Families
spokeswoman Judith Collins says she is disappointed that
Ashraf Choudhary has again failed to do his democratic
duty.
"If Mr Choudhary is unable to do his duty as an MP,
he should resign."
Ms Collins is referring to Mr
Choudhary's decision last night not to vote on the
controversial Civil Unions Bill.
"This is the same
Labour List MP whose abstention legalised prostitution. It
seems that on these difficult conscience issues Mr Choudhary
has no conscience.
"The Moslem community will undoubtedly
have questions about his decision and taxpayers deserve to
know why they continue to pay this man's salary if he is
unable to form an opinion on anything important," says Ms
Collins.
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