Rethink urged on reluctance to progress MMP changes
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The group that campaigned to keep MMP at the 2011 referendum is
urging the Justice Minister to reconsider her stance on not implementing
changes to the MMP system.In Parliament today, Judith Collins announced that the government would not be introducing legislation to make the modifications to MMP recommended by the Electoral Commission. MMP review honours public desire for fine tuning
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The Electoral Commission has honoured New Zealanders’ desire to fine tune MMP but keep proportionality as the centrepiece of their electoral system, Campaign for MMP said today.Campaign for MMP spokesperson Sandra Grey said in her group’s two year campaign they never detected a mood among the public for wholesale changes to MMP. “When New Zealanders voted to keep MMP last year, they were broadly happy with their system, but they did expect that MMP would be fully reviewed to see how it could work even better,” she said. MMP review suggestions must be seriously considered
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Campaign for MMP says politicians would be ill advised to ignore the findings of the independent review on MMP, as public hearings head to Auckland tomorrow.Last week the Electoral Commission began oral hearings in Wellington on its review of MMP. They will continue in Auckland tomorrow and Thursday, and then on to Christchurch and Hamilton. Campaign for MMP presented its submission last week in Wellington. We’ve selected it, now it’s time to perfect it
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Campaign for MMP is encouraging the public to take part in the review of MMP, to ensure the system is bedded down for several generations.Spokesperson Sandra Grey said that during the group’s two year campaign to keep MMP, they frequently heard from people who liked MMP but wanted to make some changes to how it worked at the margins. "New Zealanders voted to keep MMP in the expectation that a review would take place which would fine tune MMP to iron out any wrinkles,” she said. Public’s views on MMP must be heard and addressed
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MMP supporters say they will honour a promise made during the campaign to help the public take part in the fine tuning of MMP, and are calling for the Electoral Commission to lead a deeper discussion than that announced today.“During our campaign, lots of people told us that they wanted MMP, but with some modifications,” Keep MMP spokesperson Sandra Grey said. “The last time we had a thorough look at MMP’s workings was in 1986. 25 years later, we need to make sure this review of MMP as effective as possible.” MMP now confirmed for future generations
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MMP is now firmly here to stay, Keep MMP spokesperson Sandra Grey said today. Today’s MMP referendum results shows that nearly 58% of valid votes cast were to keep MMP, with just over 42% opting for change. Sandra Grey said that during the past two years the Keep MMP group had been campaigning, they hadn’t detected a mood to change the voting system, but rather a desire to revise aspects of it. MMP Referendum now a two horse race
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The voting systems referendum is now a two horse race between MMP and First Past the Post, a new analysis of opinion surveys show, and people should vote to keep MMP unless they want to return to FPP, Keep MMP says.Keep MMP has analysed all published opinion polls in 2011 that asked voters’ preference of the alternatives to MMP on Saturday’s ballot paper. In all cases, for voters who expressed a preference First Past the Post is the clear leader, meaning if New Zealanders trigger a second referendum in 2014 by voting for change, it will be between MMP and FPP. Prime Minister will continue to make MMP work
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The Prime Minister has made MMP work, and the public should have
absolute confidence in his ability to continue doing so after the
election if National forms a government.John Key said today on the Mike Hosking Breakfast show that he believed MMP would win the referendum on Saturday. Keep MMP spokesperson Lewis Holden agreed, and said that while there had been a focus over the weekend on the smaller parties’ role in coalitions, New Zealand remained a country that elected major parties to lead governments and achieve the bulk of their programmes. Anti MMP lobby challenged tonight
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Keep MMP will tonight challenge the anti MMP lobby to explain how a vote for change will lead to anything other than another referendum between MMP and First Past the Post – a system New Zealanders have already rejected.Keep MMP spokesperson Sandra Grey will lay down the challenge at tonight’s Sky News referendum debate. Support firming for keeping and improving MMP
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Keep MMP has welcomed a firming in support for retaining our MMP voting system.The three most recent opinion polls have had support for keeping MMP at over 50%. Today’s Herald Digipoll has support for keeping MMP up three points to 50.6%, and those wanting change down, on 39.3%. It follows Sunday’s TVNZ poll with support for MMP at 51% and last Friday’s 3News poll with MMP support at 54.5%. |
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