Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First
Leader Member of Parliament for Northland
8 DECEMBER
2016
HIT POWER VANDALS WITH HARD
LABOUR
If Northland power lines have been damaged
intentionally the perpetrators should face a tough penalty,
says Northland MP and Leader of New Zealand First Rt Hon
Winston Peters.
“We want them to do hard labour, in the
community. They need to be putting their backs into doing
something useful for the many people they have hurt through
such deliberate and spiteful acts.
“By causing the power
outage today many people have been affected, some through
the loss of business.
“Electricity supply is essential
and any outage is disruptive, medically dangerous and costly
so those deliberately shutting it down must be taught a
lesson.
“Hard yakka is not cruel and nor does it trigger
any of the objections that a lame government and Opposition
will put up,” says Mr Peters.
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