The door is open for election law rorts
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The door is open to the electoral law rorts National Party Deputy Leader Bill English, said the Electoral Commission Commission adopts a decision on the Labor Party program to register as a third party is an insult to the limit on election expenses. “The Electoral Commission Finance Act entirely reasonable, if we said that, in the affairs of a political party, you can not himself as a third party, and money for an advertising campaign parallel. “In a strange interpretation of this Act, the Election Commission has stated that this provision applies only to certain persons who are not in groups. “This means that the door is wide open for working as a waiter, Rainbow Labour and Labour Party each subsidiary to register as” whatever “third party, with all expenses to $ 120000 on election day, advertising. And none of these requirements would be contrary to Labour - election spending cap. “Starting this week, the work was determined that the tax payable for election advertising. “Michael Cullen confirmed that the Labour Party does not meet these expenses in their choice to return or to score against his spending cap. “We have no problem with organizations, including the trade unions, the exercise of freedom of opinion and expression during the election year, but a group is closely linked to a political party n That is not in a position, as a third party “. |