They deliberately and intentionally disrupted the process of Parliament, by actions that were planned ahead of time. Even Chris Hipkins hasn’t defended their actions, only saying he feels the punishment was overly harsh.
Disrupted the process by a couple of minutes. Big whoop. The process didn’t end, nothing was cancelled and you shouldn’t believe the lie that the TMP prevented ACT from voting. That was a libel told by the National party which should be punishable by a much higher level.
The punishment was purely based on racism. If any other party had done this they wouldn’t be punished this bad.
I don’t think anyone disputes that they intentionally disrupted the process of Paliament.
I too am pointing out that the punishment is overly disproportionate.
I also think if you want a harsher penalty than a few days’ suspension, it should not be one that comes at the expense of the constituency, as this one does.
They deliberately and intentionally disrupted the process of Parliament, by actions that were planned ahead of time. Even Chris Hipkins hasn’t defended their actions, only saying he feels the punishment was overly harsh.
Disrupted the process by a couple of minutes. Big whoop. The process didn’t end, nothing was cancelled and you shouldn’t believe the lie that the TMP prevented ACT from voting. That was a libel told by the National party which should be punishable by a much higher level.
The punishment was purely based on racism. If any other party had done this they wouldn’t be punished this bad.
I don’t think anyone disputes that they intentionally disrupted the process of Paliament.
I too am pointing out that the punishment is overly disproportionate.
I also think if you want a harsher penalty than a few days’ suspension, it should not be one that comes at the expense of the constituency, as this one does.