Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
18 OCTOBER 2017
Let’s Stop the Lies
Fairfax claimed before 446,287 votes were even counted in the 2017 General Election that I was holding the country to
ransom.
Second, that I had tried to get a deal on an electorate seat.
Today’s editorial is slovenly and deceitful in the extreme and it begins by saying I want to reduce the 5 per cent parliamentary
threshold for political parties. What is so bad about that lie is that it is so blatant.
On the review of the electoral system, to which political parties made submissions, New Zealand First submitted that the
threshold should remain at 5 per cent. That view was made public by us and was widely broadcast at the time.
That being the case, why have you attempted to deceive readers for the umpteenth time where New Zealand First is
concerned?
In 24 years New Zealand First has never tried to do a deal with another political party prior to the election.
Would you please tell your readers where you get your evidence, or is making it up as you go along your professional
forte?
ENDS