MPs Call For People To Join GE Free March Tomorrow
Friday, 15 November 2002, 11:10 am Press Release: Green Party
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is urging
people to join the GE-Free march in Auckland tomorrow.
Ms
Fitzsimons said it was still possible for the public to stop
the GE moratorium being lifted next October.
"But the only
way to do it is to make our voices heard. We have to get out
there and let the Government know New Zealanders do not want
GE in our environment.
"The Government, scientists and
agencies like ERMA are already acting as if the moratorium
has been lifted. We have to put the brakes on now," she
said.
Ms Fitzsimons and fellow Green Party MPs Keith
Locke, Nandor Tanczos, Ian Ewen-Street and Metiria Turei are
all taking part in the GEtup, Stand up March, organised by
MAdGE and other GE-Free groups. It starts in Aotea Square at
12 noon and ends with a rally in Albert Park.
All Green
Party MPs taking part in the march will be available to the
media on the day on their cellphones:
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