A great letter-to-the-editor in the Dominion Post 29/9/14 MAORI COUNCIL WARD ‘UNDEMOCRATIC’ With the decision of the New Plymouth Council to introduce a Maori ward, Maori alone to decide who will represent them on council by whatever criteria they see fit. This is a violation of any concept of real democracy, which is about one citizen with one vote under one governance under one law. The councillors were all elected on this democratic principle. Now many consider they have a mandate to ‘‘share’’ this democratic governance responsibility with an ethnic group not so bound. They don’t have such a mandate. It is racist separatism and is a major issue with ramifications wider than just New Plymouth’s. The council’s muddle-headed arrogance is the antithesis of democracy as most would understand it. Race, culture, gender or status should never be qualifiers at the ballot box. A R Napier More interesting letters from today can be read here > forum.nzcpr/forum/viewtopic.php?p=47839#p47839
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:01:52 +0000
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