Key should shine bright light at dark corner English is hiding in
When asked to detail precisely which of Labour's policies he would reverse in order to deliver his proposed 'Bright
Future' under a National-ACT government, John Key made it clear that a National-ACT government only has one bottom-line,
non-negotiable commitment: That is to take the country backwards with greater reliance on energy-guzzling incandescent
light bulbs.
"It is a pity that Mr Key does not use one of his large, energy guzzlers to light up the dark corner where he has hidden
Bill English on every single day of the final week of this democratic election campaign.
"On Wednesday, National finance spokesman Bill English refused to appear on Radio New Zealand's Morning Report programme
to discuss the outlook for the economy and Crown accounts following the publication by Treasury earlier in the week of
its October Monthly Economic Indicators report and its three-month Financial Statements of the Government. Bill English
yesterday refused to be interviewed for today's New Zealand Herald feature on the economy and Crown accounts.
"In the face of weakening global growth, it is a breach of trust with electors for Mr Key to hide the man that Mr Key
says he would like to be the finance minister. New Zealanders have all week been denied the right to hear Mr English
questioned on the economy and the Crown's finances and the real intentions of the National-ACT coalition,"Dr Cullen
said.
"National's finance spokesman needs to explain why his party demands Kiwis use higher energy-guzzling light bulbs; why
his party would impose higher taxes on innovative firms conducting Research and Development; why his party would
significantly demolish by many tens of thousands of dollars the size of families' KiwiSaver nest eggs; why his party
wants Roger Douglas's ACT Party to sit at the Cabinet table and why his party would instruct Public Service Chief
Executives to slash education, health and welfare services before Christmas.
"Mr Key has a responsibility to, on this last day of the democratic election campaign, allow if not require Mr English
to fulfil his duties to justify his party's backward policies,"Dr Cullen said.
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