A nasty little grenade - from the Government!

Section 6(3) states:
"The recommendation of the relevant Minister
  may not be challenged, reviewed, quashed,
  or called into question in any court."

WTF ????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So reads part of the
 Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill

I was alerted to this nasty little piece of legislative chicanery by a post on Public Address
Now I've just heard on the 7am News that this hideous piece of legislation has been passed (?).

They've got to be kidding!!
This is an attempt to end-run both Parliament & the Courts, & what it shows - all too clearly - is a continuing addiction that old First-Past-The-Post MPs have to regarding opposition of any sort as a nuisance to be avoided by any means possible.

The late Sir Robert Muldoon was a master of this kind of dictatorship.


I don't care if they're rebuilding Canterbury or outlawing pink tiddly-winks - & i don't care if there is an expiry date (1 April 2012, which is conveniently after the next election).

No Minister should ever, ever be allowed such powers.

Ever!!

(Now they will be rebuilding Canterbury )