Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 10:56 am Press Release: Green Party
2 November 2005
Turei appointed as musterer
The Green
Party has appointed Metiria Turei musterer (whip) for this
term of parliament.
She replaces co-leader Rod Donald so
he can devote more time to a Buy Kiwi-Made campaign that he
is developing in conjunction with the Government.
The
Greens have just held a two-day retreat to discuss
Parliamentary strategy and the campaign.
At the retreat
the caucus agreed to support Clem Simich for the role of
deputy Speaker having already announced their support for
Margaret Wilson to retain the Speakership.
"We have always
supported the principle of these two positions being shared
by the Government and opposition parties in the same way
that we are keen for select committee chairs and deputies to
be shared in proportion to party size," Mr Donald
says.
"Given the close election result it would be a
positive move for the whole house to endorse both Margaret
and Clem in these respective roles."
ENDS
Note: Mr
Donald will officially hand over the whip and the crook at
next week's caucus meeting on Tuesday at 10am.
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