Posted by alexandra_k on April 30, 2020, at 1:31:30
In reply to distribution..., posted by alexandra_k on April 30, 2020, at 1:16:29
Don't get me wrong:
Jacinda Arden has done a great job. At what she does. At what she's supposed to do.
Ashley Bloomsfeld has also done a great job. And what he did. At what he's supposed to do (if his kiddies get a government funded place in Medicine because of who he is then all bets are off).
After watching the meeting thing I have rather more faith in the government. The leader of the opposition appears more credible, I mean to say.
His job is important. He's supposed to be leader of teh oppostion. It is hard... To make that call... When to oppose. How to oppose. To oppose *for the right reasons* (for the love of god) or have an opposition yourself to point out the right reasons that should have governed your opposition.
Nobody envys the leader of the opposition of Jacina Arden.
But, hey, someone's gotta do it.
Where's congress?
Where's the development of the judiciary for checks and balance?
Parliament needs to pass those laws. It's a terrible thing... Parliament needs to pass the laws that make parliament accountable. To let other branches of governance develop, too.
It's hard to ask people to cede power voluntarily. It isn't something that anybody should be asked to do (and that is the point).
Jacinda makes good decisions... Has done... But what is to prevent her pulling little girls hair solely for fun? And how is it possible for a person to continually (continue) to act in the interests of the underdog when there is no external... Objective... System or procedure for checks and balnces. It should not be something decided upon by whim of the tyrant leader. It needs to be institutionalised in systems and structures of accountability.
People did take a pay cut. I am not under-valuing the significant or importance of that.
On teh other hand people have been saying for years and years and years and years and years...
I cited old statistics in my thesis. Because... Of the points. That things have only gotten exponentially worse since 2012 or 2013.
They need to get the law changes through.
That's teh function of parliament.
Legisltature.
Make a f*ck*ng constitutional document... SEries of laws... SOmething... To distribute power.
That's your f*ck*ng job
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