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The Week in Politics: Will the Greens use the law they hate? (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 4 months ago by Ilovethebomb to c/politics

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I must admit, I don't fully understand the green party's objection to this piece of legislation, a party is elected with a mandate to represent the wishes of the people who voted for them. If an MP doesn't want to do that, then they should indeed resign, at least as a list MP.

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[–] absGeekNZ 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, this situation has none of the aspects that they opposed about the law.

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 4 months ago

It would be an embarassing change of course if they turned around and used the legislation though.

You'd think she will have the integrity to stand down though.

[–] liv 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don't know the history of it but waka jumping as a list MP is surely very different to waka jumping as an electorate MP (where their constituents specifically want to be represented by them).

OTOH as the article notes it changes the balance of Parliament. But it does that if the person stays in and starts voting against their party too.