PM defends no comment stance on cannabis referendumPosted by MMP News AuthorOn October 31, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended her decision not to share her position on the cannabis referendum during the election, saying she wanted New Zealanders to form their own views.
Ardern voted in favour of legalising cannabis but only disclosed her position after preliminary results for the referendum were released.
“I reject that me allowing New Zealanders to make up their own mind is anything other than allowing people the … freedom of their view,” Ardern said during a Saturday press conference.
“It’s also important to note that the Labour Party doesn’t have a position on this issue. I’m the Labour leader, I took my vote as a personal vote in a way that many other New Zealanders did. I think ultimately New Zealanders made up their own mind.”
PM defends no comment stance on cannabis referendumPosted by MMP News AuthorOn October 31, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended her decision not to share her position on the cannabis referendum during the election, saying she wanted New Zealanders to form their own views.
Ardern voted in favour of legalising cannabis but only disclosed her position after preliminary results for the referendum were released.
“I reject that me allowing New Zealanders to make up their own mind is anything other than allowing people the … freedom of their view,” Ardern said during a Saturday press conference.
“It’s also important to note that the Labour Party doesn’t have a position on this issue. I’m the Labour leader, I took my vote as a personal vote in a way that many other New Zealanders did. I think ultimately New Zealanders made up their own mind.”
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