PM has real questions to answer over Curran
PM has real questions to answer over Curran
Clare Curran’s resignation has done real damage to the credibility of both the Prime Minister and the Government and leaves Jacinda Ardern with significant explaining to do, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges says.
“The Prime Minister has badly mishandled the Clare Curran saga and needs to explain what she will do to restore confidence in her Government and reassure New Zealanders that this resignation is not an attempt to cover up further wrongdoing.
“Ms Curran has spent months undermining
the faith of New Zealanders in the Government and the Prime
Minister has let that happen - twice.
“Jacinda
Ardern had two chances to show leadership and sack Ms Curran
– when she first misled New Zealanders over secret
meetings and then when she did it again
recently.
“The Prime Minister also needs to explain
whether the official emails sent by Ms Curran from her
private Gmail account will still be released.
“Ms
Curran’s resignation does not change the fact this is
official information and there is genuine public interest
about the type of work carried out on an unsecure, private
email account by a minister.
“Is there information
contained in these emails which has forced the resignation
of Ms Curran?
“The Prime Minister also needs to
explain why she misled New Zealanders this morning by saying
Ms Curran’s job was safe when Ms Curran says she resigned
last night.
“This whole saga has seriously damaged the credibility of both the Prime Minister and the Government.
“The Prime Minister’s judgement has
been called into question and she still has real questions
to
answer.”