I'd love to see the scouts let in ....
Ten Fijian Scouts have withdrawn their visa applications because they have family members who are in the Fijian Military - meaning that the applications would be declined.
There are calls from some, including Green MP Keith Locke, to allow the Scouts into New Zealand because they are children, and therefore uninvolved in the Fijian crisis, and it is not the children who are being targeted by the sanctions are designed against.
However, if it makes the military government in Fiji consider calling elections sooner because Fijian children are being denied access to the Scout Jamboree, then it's all for the good.
If the interim military Government was to announce that elections will be held within six months (and set a date), and that no member of the new parliament can be serving concurrently in the military, then I would support allowing the 10 scouts into New Zealand.
There are calls from some, including Green MP Keith Locke, to allow the Scouts into New Zealand because they are children, and therefore uninvolved in the Fijian crisis, and it is not the children who are being targeted by the sanctions are designed against.
However, if it makes the military government in Fiji consider calling elections sooner because Fijian children are being denied access to the Scout Jamboree, then it's all for the good.
If the interim military Government was to announce that elections will be held within six months (and set a date), and that no member of the new parliament can be serving concurrently in the military, then I would support allowing the 10 scouts into New Zealand.
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