'Do Nothing' Reshuffle Slap In Face For United
Wednesday, 14 August 2002, 1:41 pm
Press Release: New Zealand National Party
14 August 2002
'Do Nothing' Reshuffle Slap In Face For
United
Helen Clark's new Cabinet line up confirms that
this is a 'do nothing' Government, National Deputy Leader
Roger Sowry said today.
"This large executive is a slap in
the face for Peter Dunne who has campaigned on reducing the
size of the Government executive to 18. Now he is supporting
the largest and most expensive executive since the
1980s.
"The Prime Minister has enlarged the executive to
balance the left and the right. What we have is a raft of
custom-designed job titles so that everyone can be in the
executive rather than Clark choosing the best
performers.
"In this reshuffle Clark has clearly moved
Marian Hobbs sideways while retaining people like Judith
Tizard and Margaret Wilson who have been failures. Left with
a mirage of other MPs lacking talent she's had to leave
several MPs treading water in their portfolios.
"It is no
wonder the Prime Minister wants more control of how the
media operates because she won't want the media to get near
all these junior ministers," Mr Sowry said.
Ends
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