BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election.
Today we have the Advance NZ Party:
We are proud to release our Advance NZ Democracy Policy
Democracy is precious and must be protected so future generations can enjoy the same rights and freedoms previous generations, at great cost, fought to protect.
Our elected representatives are under a clear obligation to speak for their constituents in Parliament, to represent the will of the people and make laws in the people’s best interest.
Today, we are seeing the ways in which New Zealand’s democracy has failed us. The Bill of Rights has been repeatedly trampled on, and laws are regularly passed under urgency without consultation. Extreme actions in decision-making that affects all our lives have been undertaken by a single leader without the participation of other elected representatives.
The dominance of today’s political parties continues to erode our democracy. Current politicians put the interests of their parties over those of their constituents so that when laws the public overwhelmingly opposes are passed, there is nothing they can do to redress the balance except wait three years and try to vote for better representation.
Funding from foreign sources has visibly corrupted decision-making within our government. This is made worse by the disproportionate influence of international organisations like the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), with whom successive governments have signed us up to treaties. These actions have not required Parliament to vote, but have simply been put in place and quietly introduced. The objectives and goals of the UN Agendas 21 and 2030 are particularly questionable.
Advance NZ proposes a fundamental reset of our democracy. We propose a significant overhaul whereby power is stripped from a handful of politicians and placed back where it belongs — in the hands of the people of New Zealand.
Our proposals to implement direct democracy will act as a brake on the dominance of politicians, and ensure the views of the people take precedence.
We will ensure the fundamental and founding documents that are at the heart of our democracy are given the weight they deserve. Never again will a Prime Minister be able to single-handedly issue dictates that destroy the rights and freedoms of the people.
We will also undertake a complete overhaul of our nation’s exposure to foreign interference. This will rid the political system of foreign funding sources, enable us to review all international agreements to determine if they are in our best interests, and to implement a flexible foreign strategy that protects the land and people of New Zealand.
Please send us links to any speeches, social media campaigns, funny memes and any other political content promoted by NZ political parties for inclusion in this series. They don’t have to be good, they just need to be what is being used by a political party to fight this election.
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