ALCP Leader wishes Abe Gray all the best
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 10:20 am
Press Release: Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
PRESS RELEASE
AOTEAROA LEGALISE CANNABIS
PARTY
7/6/17
ALCP Leader wishes Abe Gray all the best
with optimistic TOP
ambitions
---------------------------------
The
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party wishes Abe Gray all the
best with the The Opportunities Party, but thinks he is
being overly optimistic about its chances of success.
ALCP
Leader Jeff Lye said TOP was a new party that would probably
fail to make the 5% threshold.
Lye said new parties
usually fade away after one election cycle and generally do
not keep going to give it another go, once they fail to gain
MPs.
"The ALCP has been there since 1996 and has not gone
away. The reason being that we are serious about real
cannabis law reform and have a far better cannabis policy
than TOP. We promote positive gains in all sectors of
health, education, economic, environmental and social
development," he said.
"Numerous parties have tried to
gain the cannabis vote over the years, but have failed to
deliver if they get elected. TOP is likely to prioritise its
controversial equity tax and cat culling policies over
cannabis reform, if it somehow manages to get MPs."
The
ALCP is the only party that makes cannabis its number one
priority. ALCP will continue to stand up for cannabis law
reform until there is no one going through the courts or
left in jail for this travesty of
justice.
ENDS
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