30 MAY 2019
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf to resign for his false statements to
the New Zealand public yesterday.
“Gabriel Makhlouf’s accusation of ‘hacking’ and his engagement of the Police during a case of simple Treasury
incompetence is truly destructive. The incompetence alone warrants a resignation, but what looks like a cover-up is the
greater sin.”
“Mr Makhlouf has been the most political Secretary of the Treasury in living memory. Under his leadership, the
Treasury’s reputation as a world-leading, objective economic advisory agency has been destroyed.”
“To so nakedly go into bat so the Government could save political face is disgraceful. If accountability and
professionalism still count for anything, he should have resigned yesterday.”
ENDS