NO PARTY POLITICS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10843, 12 March 1929, Page 5

NO PARTY POLITICS

DE RIVERA'S IDEA.

PAR LI A A [ENT SHOULD BE ALI INDEPENDENTS.

PROPOSAL TO EE SUBMITTED TO PEOPLE. 1 Australian Press Association.) LONDON, March 9. “Are politics necessary for the existence of the people?” asks Primo de Rivera in an article specially written for the British United Press Association. He proceeds: “I think they are a form of discipline and therefore are necessary for a Parliament. In order to give the greatest collaboration a Government should not he of any political color, but should bo composed ol‘ eminent sons representing diverse sections of public* life. These persons should be without previous affiliation to any party, organisation or recognition to any chief and should be able to expound their own proposals, give or withhold approval regarding any project and offer the Government the benefit of their studies with complete independence. Idle keynote of the laws I shall shortly submit to the Government with the approval of the King, and for the consent of the people. I realise it is an innovation in the customs and principles of government dominating the world for more than half a century, and trill not occur without resistance. Rut I believe the first half of the present century will not pass without other people accepting the principles embodied in this system and when that happens I shall not he living, but I am prepared to submit my actions to tliq Serene Judge of all History.”