Another Labour let-off
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 at 11:14 PM | Permalink
Incredibly Labour has once again escaped prosecution despite the police finding a prima facie case to answer regarding their $446,000 pledge cards.
The police say there was no evidence to pursue the election over-spending further yet also claimed the pledge card did not carry authorisation, something only required of election spending. Go figure.
Update 20/3: Opposition leader Don Brash held a press conference today where he spelt out the questions the media should be asking Helen Clark. The subtle hints about police bias where perhaps a step too far but it is hard to draw any conclusion other than Labour is 'very lucky' when it comes to prosecutions. Will be interesting to see who the next police commissioner is.
The police say there was no evidence to pursue the election over-spending further yet also claimed the pledge card did not carry authorisation, something only required of election spending. Go figure.
Update 20/3: Opposition leader Don Brash held a press conference today where he spelt out the questions the media should be asking Helen Clark. The subtle hints about police bias where perhaps a step too far but it is hard to draw any conclusion other than Labour is 'very lucky' when it comes to prosecutions. Will be interesting to see who the next police commissioner is.
