• @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    29223 days ago

    The three MPs will not receive their salaries during the suspension and will not be present during next week’s annual budget debate.

    There we have it. They’re making sure that Maori people won’t have representation when taking away their rights is debated again.

    • qyron
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      9522 days ago

      This sort of thing always strikes me as odd.

      There are agreed rules on language, some parliaments have dress code but besides penalties or fines a representative can be served with under no situation a representative can be barred from exercisizing their dutifully elected functions.

      I have representatives in my national assembly with criminal charges that none the less exercise as they have been elected.

      This is plainly stupid and abusive.

    • @ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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      9023 days ago

      Save this example for the next time some chud tries to tell you colonization is a past event and not an ongoing process right this minute