Gerry
Brownlee must ask the Civil Aviation Authority to release
the report that finds he broke the law in breaching airport
security, says Labour's Transport spokesperson Phil
Twyford.
“It is inexcusable for any minister, let
alone the then-Transport Minister, to flout airport security
rules in the way Gerry Brownlee did. By giving him the
maximum fine the CAA has rejected Mr Brownlee’s initial
attempt to play down the seriousness of his offence.
“Mr Brownlee made a tonne of excuses at the time, most
of them hard to believe. The only way the truth will come
out is if the report is released. Either Gerry Brownlee
should publically ask CAA to release it or the new Minister
of Transport should order the Authority to do so.
“It is important that Mr Brownlee is held accountable
in public as any other New Zealander would be for this kind
of offence. In the interests of transparency it is essential
that the report is released in full,” says Phil
Twyford.
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