National's deals
with spent political forces ACT and United Future will be
met with a deepening sense of unease over the manipulation
of MMP, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says.
"These parties
have no electoral mandate and will return to Parliament only
through blatant electoral manipulation.
"The Prime Minster
is treating New Zealanders with contempt, using the
coat-tailing provisions to abuse the system.
"National
obviously considers MMP a plaything and their announcements
today will be greeted with a growing sense of unease over
this lack of integrity.
"These unprincipled deals
demonstrate the creeping sense of arrogance that has become
a hallmark of this government.
"This had been underlined
again in further instances of conflicts of interest,
unwarranted spending of taxpayer funds and arrogance by
several National MPs over the last week.
"In government
Labour will scrap the coat-tailing provisions and restore
integrity to MMP and to the steadily eroding quality of our
public life,'' says David
Cunliffe.
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