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Another Referendum, Another Ignored Result

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Another referendum, another ignored result

Ain't democracy wonderful; we've just decided who will run our local council and now we get to decide if the Government should sell up to 49 per cent of Meridian Energy, Mighty River Power, Genesis Power, Solid Energy and Air New Zealand, in a referendum?

Well, no actually ... those politicians we elected in 2011 were evidently sprinkled with magical dust which makes them far more intelligent than the rest of us. They have the power to ignore any citizens' initiated referendum they choose......

Continue reading Steve Baron's opinion piece > http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11148267

 

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