A NATIONAL CABINET.
Sir,—Mr Malcolm, I think, was reported as Having maue the statement that private members 'in the House should possess more initiative, and should have greater opportunities, for introducing bills. In my opinion, sir, the members of our Parliament alone , should be appointed to frame our laws. Ihey shouul be invested with all tire initiative, sub; jeot to some safeguard of the electors interests, such as tuo recall. Mr Malcolm doesn't go far enough, and should aim at a bill to rub out the Cabinet and the Legislative Council, to be replaced by Parliament or a National Assembly. ' All measures to be submitted to that body; and a division taken. No "discretionary" powers to be- exercised by any member of the body, but all public'business to bo accessible to tho peopies' representatives. With regard to 'the appointment of a . great many public servants and officials, the nominative system should ho done away with and in its stead all public appointments should cither be elective or held by competitive examinations. Above aw things let us have done with the Cabinet and the annual spectacle of Ministers, "dealing with tho matter next session," "koepiDg tho matter steadily m view " ~ A WORKER.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10651, 26 July 1920, Page 3
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201A NATIONAL CABINET. New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10651, 26 July 1920, Page 3
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