‘Power’ term rebutted
PA Wellington Comments by Sir John Marshall that the Prime Minister held too much power were rebutted by Mr Muldoon yesterday. Sir John, the man Mr Muldoon deposed as leader of the National Party, said yesterday that Prime Ministers should not also hold the Finance portfolio, as Mr Muldoon did. It gave the Prjjne Minister too much
power, Sir John said. But Mr Muldoon told reporters after a caucus meeting, “He (Sir John) tried it his way in 1972. He had no portfolios whatsoever.” “He led the National Party to the worst defeat a political party has ever suffered. “That is the proof of the pudding,” Mr Muldoon said. S I wouldn’t go any further than that.” • £
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