Queue Jumping
News that former Green Party MP Mike Ward has had a change of heart and will not seek to re-enter Parliament if Nandor Tanzcos resigns is nothing more than twisting of election rules to suit the needs of the party. Green MPs need to remember that they are there to represent those who voted for the Green Party in 2005.
It was the Party List in 2005 that electors voted on so Mike Ward who is the rightful replacement of any Green MP who leaves Parliament, not Russel Norman. While the circumstances in which the Green Party finds itself were not forseeable, putting pressure on candidates to stand aside for the party interests, not the voters interests, is undemocratic.
(I must admit a small admiration for Mike Ward - he is a genuine model of the low environmental impact lifestyle the Greens lecture us on, even going as far as catching the bus from Wellington Airport to Parliament rather than a taxi. And I have developed a strong dislike for Russel Norman, who seems more intent on attacking large corporates for being large corporates - rather than for their actions - and comes accross to me as a bit slimey and fake.)
It was the Party List in 2005 that electors voted on so Mike Ward who is the rightful replacement of any Green MP who leaves Parliament, not Russel Norman. While the circumstances in which the Green Party finds itself were not forseeable, putting pressure on candidates to stand aside for the party interests, not the voters interests, is undemocratic.
(I must admit a small admiration for Mike Ward - he is a genuine model of the low environmental impact lifestyle the Greens lecture us on, even going as far as catching the bus from Wellington Airport to Parliament rather than a taxi. And I have developed a strong dislike for Russel Norman, who seems more intent on attacking large corporates for being large corporates - rather than for their actions - and comes accross to me as a bit slimey and fake.)
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