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'big Opposition' To Race-Based Representation

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'BIG OPPOSITION' TO RACE-BASED REPRESENTATION

 

Submissions detailed in a report titled A House Divided, released today by the Independent Constitutional Review Panel, show overwhelming opposition to race-based political representation and the inclusion of the Treaty of Waitangi in our constitutional arrangements, panel chairman David Round, a law lecturer at Canterbury University, said today.

 

"We received over 1200 submissions that showed 97 percent of submitters sought abolition of race-based seats in local government, 96 percent sought abolition of separate Maori seats in parliament, and 96 percent were opposed to the Treaty of Waitangi being included in our constitutional arrangements", Mr Round said.

 

The independent panel strongly rejects the racial division being created by proponents of Treaty of Waitangi politics and instead proposes the removal of all laws which establish or promote racial distinction or division.

 

This includes the abolition of race-based representation in Parliament and local government, the removal of any reference to the Treaty of Waitangi or its principles in any constitutional document, and the disbanding of the Waitangi Tribunal.

 

Over 50,000 people have supported this commitment to equal rights by signing a Declaration of Equality that has been running throughout the consultation period.

 

The Independent Constitutional Review Panel was established in 2012 in response to the Maori Party-initiated $4-million review of New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements......

 

Continue reading the ICRP press release here > http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/big-opposition-race-based-representation/5/177161

 

 

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