The passing of the Electoral Finance Act on 1/1/08 was a significant nail in the coffin of democracy in NZ. For a Government to both vote itself a multi-milion dollar electoral war chest, whilst at the same time restricting free speech, dissent, and expenditure on political campaigning for the private citizen was beyond belief in a supposed “representative democracy”.
Over the last month, People Power NZ have recorded their active dissent against the passing of this Act, by taking “direct action” protest againt the instigators of this anti-democratic assault on personal freedom.
Having “led from the front” on this issue by taking protest action (as opposed to just writing about it and doing nothing to back up the rhetoric), People Power NZ believe that it is time for the citizens of this country to take their own action in reclaiming real democracy for New Zealand.
Both longitudanal apathy and a sense of “learned powerlessness” seems to have permeated the majority of the NZ voting populations mindset over recent years.
Over the last month, People Power NZ have demonstrated that apathy and learned powerlessness can be overcome with motivation and action. We now wish to establish as to whether there are any NZ’ers left in this country (apart from us) who have the courage and determination to stand up for what they believe in, and to actively fight against the growing Government-sanctioned totalitarianism that now permeates our nation.
People Power NZ thus now invites the citizens of NZ to become motivated and active in the fight for democracy in this election year.
Because if you don’t, then we as NZ citizens will deserve everything we get.
People Power NZ
February 11, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Nah, stuff the Govt, they’ll be gone soon anyway.
February 21, 2008 at 7:32 pm
can someone contact us via e-mail. cannot reply to your press releases to ask questions. John
February 21, 2008 at 7:33 pm
contact Truth that is.