ACT’s Deputy Leader Nicole Mckee says her party wants to advance its policies after securing a record 13 MPs, giving it greater negotiating power in the next government.
Speaking with RCR, McKee discussed strategic voting and whether vote splitting had helped with the party’s results.
McKee said the strategy was seen by some as a maturing of the MMP system with others calling it “gaming the system”. She said any changes to MMP would require 75% support in Parliament along with a referendum.
McKee also called on National to show more respect for its coalition partners because ACT had delivered significant legislation.
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A larger role?
Like what; TOTAL FIREARMS CONFISCATION????
Yes lets make the plebs work until they are 67. Hey why not 70 or even 80? Someone needs to pay for our wastefulness and our fat pollie pensions!
Wow, so the parties waqnting MMP changed, because now it dosen’t work for them .
“Any changes to MMP would require 75% support in Parliament along with a referendum.”
The two big parties + maybe Maori holding 83 seats of 131. Or 62% of the required support.
So, they want changes, which will likely mean less seats to some of the minor parties.
Wow, so the two big parties wanting MMP changed, because now it dosen’t work for them.
“Any changes to MMP would require 75% support in Parliament along with a referendum.”
The two big parties + maybe Maori holding 83 seats of 131. Or 62% of the required support.
So, they want changes, which will likely mean less seats to some of the minor parties.
Good luck getting Green/TOP/Act/NZF to support that.
MMP, the system designed by the two big parties, when they thought there would be no meaningful opposition.
They designed in restrictive electorate seat requirement, or the 5% threshold. When realistically 2% should have won a list seat.
The irony is that National party two tick voters, now realise their vote did not count.
Next election will be even more diverse, with maybe another 300k party votes likely will tranfer to Act/NZF. The coilition majority will be bigger, by maybe 15 seats. Parliament growing to 145 odd seats.
Why not? It’s a fake clown world democracy anyway.
The mass-debates will get even more mass-debatier.
And then after good mass-debatier mass-debate they will do what the global corporations, banks and “powers” tell them to do anyway.