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Govt Spikes Removal of Paedophile Name Suppression Bill
Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First
Leader
1 APRIL 2015
Government Spikes Removal of Paedophile Name Suppression Bill
Parliament today refused leave for the Member for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters to introduce a Bill to remove the right of paedophile’s to name suppression when the victim wants their attacker named.
A host of National MPs objected to the Bill being introduced.
Mr Peters says he is disappointed the government is content to allow paedophiles to hide behind a cloak of secrecy.
“This is often imposed on the basis it protects the victim,” he says. “But in cases where the victim wants exposure of the crime and not secrecy our Bill will remove the subjudice rule, name suppression, and the legal cone of silence.”
The New Zealand First Leader sought leave for the Bill, Criminal Procedure (Removing Paedophile Name Suppression) Amendment Bill, to be introduced and debated on the next members’ day.
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