After gerrymandering enrolment timeframe to steal next election, Luxon just wants to replace entire MMP system to retain power? – The Daily Blog

WOW.

You gotta hand it to Luxon, rich men will do ANYTHING to hold onto power…

PM Christopher Luxon says he’d hold referendum on MMP if re-elected

Christopher Luxon says he supports having another referendum on the MMP voting system if he’s re-elected as he encourages greater support for National so the party can avoid working with “some yahoo and numpty” in Cabinet.

Act leader David Seymour says he’s not opposed to another referendum but suggests Luxon “may not have thought through what he’s saying” regarding ministers from other parties, noting the number of National ministers who had been dismissed this term.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the referendum proposal is “inexplicable” and a “power grab” as he claims Labour and National are “losing their grip on power”.

The Herald understands Luxon’s announcement came as a surprise to National MPs. The Herald has approached the National Party for comment.

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…this is insane!

After gerrymandering the enrolment timeframe to steal the next election, Luxon just wants to replace the entire MMP system to retain power?

That’s pretty impressive.

We have MMP because it is representative of the people who live here!

FPP, which is the system Luxon wants, results in vast swathes of voters whose vote count for nothing.

The way the Right move to disenfranchise the vote so that they rig the system should be a nation wide shame.

It feels like we have gone right off the rails now.

That the Prime Minister would throw in an MMP referendum without even telling his own Caucus is a wild ride.

He says he wants a referendum on MMP, his Caucus claim he was just spit balling.

Who knows what the bloody hell is going on.

Winston has Luxon held hostage until the election where the MMP referendum will now be the talking point!

How on earth can National, ACT and NZF work together now?