Election 2020 - Party Policies - Government - Constitutional Reform
25th Jul 20, 5:55am
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Constitutional Reform
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- Remove the Māori seats.
- Reduce the number of MPs from 120 to 100 and restrict the number of Ministers to 20.
- Require the Speaker to certify that it is in the public interest, rather than simply the Government's political interest, before a bill can be passed under urgency.
- Read more here.
- Facilitate nationwide dialogue to formulate a statement of national aspirations, as a standard against which our national laws and regulations can be measured and which can support and inform the implementation of the recommendations from the Matike Mai constitutional transformation report for forming a formal, written national constitution for Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Support and resource the investigation of how to implement recommendations from the Matike Mai constitutional transformation report.
- Ensure that the process for developing and adopting a national constitution is grounded in the articles of Te Tiriti and that tangata whenua have adequate resources to enable them to engage in their own tikanga process for determining constitutional issues.
- Read more here and here.
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- Parliament will be reduced to 80 Members and the numbers of consultancies and Government Advisors will be cut by over 50%.
- Only on a vote of confidence in a Government (in which New Zealand First is a member) will New Zealand First's Members of Parliament be required to vote with the party. On all other issues not covered by party policy, an MP's first duty is to the Electorate and the Nation.
- Electoral reform will be determined by the electors. The Government's duty will be to ensure the fair representation of all views and the holding of appropriate referenda.
- A written Constitution to protect the Kiwi way of life
- An Upper House charged with providing parliament a learned and independent check on pending legislation, as well as a focus on upholding the Constitution.
- The Constitution should cover rights as defined in our current Bill of Rights and Human Rights Act.
- Communities to have more say in the decisions that will affect them.
- Honouring the Treaty without creating division. Rangatiratanga can be achieved by devolving decisions and giving Maori equal representation in the Upper House. Pakeha must understand our Treaty obligations and to achieve that Te Reo must be compulsory in schools.
- Restoring a transparent and independent public service.
- Ensuring citizens know their rights through civics education and strong public interest journalism. To fund this we will sell the commercial state owned enterprise TVNZ.
- Read more here.
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