Saturday, 17 April 2021, 1:26 pm Press Release: ACT New Zealand
“A
Ministry of Health graph drawn by a graphic designer
with no data to inform it is the perfect metaphor for this
Government, all spin and no substance,” says ACT Leader
David Seymour.
“Like most things with this
government, they present a nice picture but as soon as dig
deeper you realise that’s all it is.
“I asked
Jacinda Ardern about this graph in Parliament last week.
Instead of being honest with New Zealanders that the
information was made up, she instead held up her own
alternative chart.
“She would have been told before
Question Time that the graph was nothing more than a pretty
picture but she chose not to disclose that.
“One of
the core principles of ACT’s August and March COVID-19
policies was transparency: too often the Government either
has a plan that it is not revealing, or has no plan. If the
Government has a plan, then people have a right to know how
it will affect them.
“If the Government does not
have a plan, as is clear with this graph, then people in a
democratic society deserve to know that too.
“The
Prime Minister had the chance in Parliament to let New
Zealanders know this chart was nothing more than an exciting
expensive doodle but once again, she’s treated us like
children.”
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