Government pulls pin on Clinton Foundation funding
MEDIA RELEASE
BREAKING:
Government finally pulls pin on controversial Clinton
Foundation funding
8 OCTOBER 2019
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The
Taxpayers’ Union
can reveal that the Government has halted its funding of
Clinton Foundation subsidiary the “Clinton Health
Initiative”. This follows nearly three years of
campaigning on the issue by the
Taxpayers’
Union.
Welcoming the
Government’s decision to halt its previous arrangement
with the Clinton Health Access Initiative early,
Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan
Williams says:
“New Zealand taxpayers, to date, have shovelled more than $10 million to the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Had the Government continued to make payments in accordance with the grant agreement, taxpayers would have been on the hook for millions more.”
“Soon after
Hillary Clinton lost the Presidential election to Donald
Trump, many western nations that were funding this
diplomatic rort pulled out. Australia stopped its funding in
late 2016, but New Zealand was one of the few to continue
the claim that the funding was for genuine
aid.”
“Taxpayers will celebrate the decision to
finally stop using NZ Aid money to fund this scandal-plagued
charity. So too will the nearly 7,000 Kiwis who signed our
petition for this to happen.”
The Official Information Act response confirming the Government's decision can be viewed at www.taxpayers.org.nz/.
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