Bill of Rights
Sir,—Mr Palmer accuses those who oppose his Bill of Rights of prejudice, ignorance and bigotry, and still appears to be undeterred from his resolve to impose this nasty piece of legislation on New Zealanders. He has left unanswered the question of how the bill can improve democracy, when it actually takes power from our elected representatives and gives it to a non-elected, non-accountable body. It is all left up to whether or not we have confidence in the integrity of our judges. Mr Palmer has also not explained how the Bill of Rights can protect us from infringements by the judiciary when it is that same judiciary which will interpret and apply the bill. To give power to a non-elected body to declare Acts of Parliament invalid and at the same time, allow it to set the limits on its own actions must surely be a recipe for totalitarianism. — Yours, etc. MATTHEW J. JENKINSON. February 8, 1986.
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