Winston Peters is a dirty, filthy liar - and a coward!
And I'm happy to say that outside of Parliamentary Priviledge because I have a long memory:
In 1992, Winston Peters claimed on Television that he had been approached by a businessman on behalf of the Business Roundtable and offered money to change his econmic policies.
He later in parliament (thinking he was protected by priviledge) named Selwyn Cushing as the person who had approached him. The judge in the resulting defamation case found the accusation to have contained "not a word of truth", beyond getting Mr Cushing's name right. Mr Peters "was at best reckless, or even worse, he knew the words he used were false". Whatever the merits of Mr Peters' technical defence regarding the use of parliamentary privilege, he made no attempt to justify in court his defamatory statements.
Mr Peters has been quick in his career to call others to account for their alleged failings. Yet neither Mr Cushing nor the Business Roundtable (of which Mr Cushing has never been a member) have received any apology from Mr Peters for getting his accusation so completely wrong. (The only thing Selwyn Cushing recieved was $50,000 plus $75,000 in costs.)
So Mr Peters, if you are sure about your recent statements about Mr Peron, step outside the debating chamber, repeat them outside Parliament. Otherwise it's reasonable to assume that you are being reckless with the truth - again.
In 1992, Winston Peters claimed on Television that he had been approached by a businessman on behalf of the Business Roundtable and offered money to change his econmic policies.
He later in parliament (thinking he was protected by priviledge) named Selwyn Cushing as the person who had approached him. The judge in the resulting defamation case found the accusation to have contained "not a word of truth", beyond getting Mr Cushing's name right. Mr Peters "was at best reckless, or even worse, he knew the words he used were false". Whatever the merits of Mr Peters' technical defence regarding the use of parliamentary privilege, he made no attempt to justify in court his defamatory statements.
Mr Peters has been quick in his career to call others to account for their alleged failings. Yet neither Mr Cushing nor the Business Roundtable (of which Mr Cushing has never been a member) have received any apology from Mr Peters for getting his accusation so completely wrong. (The only thing Selwyn Cushing recieved was $50,000 plus $75,000 in costs.)
So Mr Peters, if you are sure about your recent statements about Mr Peron, step outside the debating chamber, repeat them outside Parliament. Otherwise it's reasonable to assume that you are being reckless with the truth - again.
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