A FREE PARLIAMENT
Sir. —Your columns have contained a good deal of controversy about party government and Parliament. Non-party government may ho impossible, but surely it is possible to free the Govornnient and Parliament of New Zealand from the shackles that tie them. A Government that takes directions from a caucus does not govern. A Parliament with a majority prepared to legislate as a caucus directs is neither democratic nor free. Mr. Bloodworth says there is no longer any need for the Legislative Council because certain members attended meetings at which certain decisions were made by which I hey were pledged in honour to abide. Truly he is seeing the light. Some way must be found to break the power of the caucus and return the power to the people. As a first step I suggest that the membership of both Houses of Parliament he out in half. The numbers are more than enough and the more they take their orders from irresponsible bodies the more superfluous they are. Free Man
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24101, 21 October 1941, Page 4
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