Greens Got What They Asked For - Donnelly
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 3:26 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party
"The Green Party should stop crying foul over the Royal
Commission's findings on genetic modification," claims New
Zealand First MP, Hon Brian Donnelly.
"They sold their
vote on confidence and supply for a Royal Commission. They
got what they asked for.
In 1996, New Zealand First asked
for a postponement of tax cuts and a referendum on a
contributory superannuation scheme. We got the referendum,
we got the result and we accepted the outcome. We didn’t go
and grizzle about it."
If the Greens believed so strongly
in their position, they should have used the balance of
power they held to have demanded their policies to be
enacted. They didn’t, and they should not now go back and
relitigate the issue.
"If all they wanted was a Royal
Commission which confirmed their position they could have
saved the taxpayer $6.2million and not had an enquiry at
all," said Mr
Donnelly.
ENDS
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