PM looks for excuse to call early election Rodney Hide
Wednesday, 27 April 2005
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said Prime Minister Helen Clark was now looking for any half-pie excuse to go to the polls
early as the economy begins to sour.
Mr Hide was responding to the latest National Bank survey of business confidence that shows a net 48 percent of
businesses surveyed have a pessimistic outlook for the economy.
“We have strikes, higher interest rates, falling GDP growth and now business confidence dropping like a stone. Helen
Clark doesn’t want things to get any worse.
“Helen Clark’s driving ambition is to be the first Labour Prime Minister to win a third term. She’s desperate to call
an election before her anti-business, anti-growth policies begin to bite.
“Her challenge is to come up with an excuse for going early. But every New Zealander will know the real reason,” Mr
Hide said.
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