The Crowd Goes Wild
On Wednesday afternoon (17th Oct) Blair Mulholland expressed his frustration with Labour’s disrespect for the law by creating an online petition to the Governor-General and announced it in Kiwiblog comments. From there it has grown like crazy. Yesterday afternoon it was growing at 1,000 signatures an hour. As of this morning the petition has gathered 17,000 signatures.
It was created in a hurry, out of anger at Labour’s behaviour, and Blair has said that in hindsight there are things about it that he would change. He has followed it up with a formal letter to the Governor-General explaining his position. (An interview with Blair Mulholland is available from Newstalk ZB.) It also carries no legal force, but it has proved to be an effective way for people to express their anger towards Labour’s twisting of the rules to get itself out of trouble.
October 20th, 2006 at 7:10 am
I signed Blair Mullholland’s petition!!
So I know its pretty well impossible for the GG to not ascent BUT could you or (someone??) suggest to the GG that all that is necessary is to DELAY the ascent process until such time as your Judicial Review has been heard.
Should the hearing be “delayed” also, there is automatically gifted, another opportunity for further political advantage.
This balancing act could become rewarding in a political sense and interesting as a media event in the eyes of an ever increasing percentage of Poll respondents..
October 20th, 2006 at 7:10 am
17,451 now and counting.
October 20th, 2006 at 8:10 am
I just found out that it has now been published online by a news paper. Finally!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10406776
Oh, and it’s at 18,632 now.
October 20th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
So I know its pretty well impossible for the GG to not ascent BUT could you or (someone??) suggest to the GG that all that is necessary is to DELAY the ascent process until such time as your Judicial Review has been heard.
It’s pretty well impossible for governments to buy themsleves elections.
It’s pretty well impossible for governments to remain in office when Solicitor-Generals, Auditor-Generals and Chief Electoral Officers call them corrupt.
It’s pretty well impossoble for oppositions to win elections when their leaders private life is smeared over the newspapers by the PM
It’s pretty well impossible for oppositiosn to win elections when governemnts pay people to fill in quickvote forms.
It’s pretty well impossible for opositions to win when the electoral system has a maorimander.
October 20th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Does the GG know about the petition site ? Perhaps someone should tell him. When will the legislation be presented for royal assent after the passing of the legislation ?
October 25th, 2006 at 12:28 am
I have been informed that the Royal Assent to the retrospective legislation has been given earlier today 24/10/06.
October 25th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Doesn’t surprise me…if the truth be known, Helen probably has her own rubber stamp of the GG’s signature. Is that being too cynical?