Have your say: Answers needed

Whangarei MP Shane Reti

It is two weeks since Whangarei MP Shane Reti claimed "bad grammar" and "crossed wires" were responsible for his statement on public input into the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement being mis-construed.

I, like many others I fancy, have been waiting for Dr Reti to clarify his position and give us the specifics.

As deputy chairman of the foreign affairs, defence and trade committee which would play a key role in ratifying the TPPA, he should surely know exactly what public input has been planned.

Will opposition parties be briefed on the details of the agreement?

What will the select committee process be?

Will there be public consultation and the opportunity for submissions through the select committee process?

Will the agreement be debated in parliament?

Will any of this be before the agreement is ratified by the Cabinet?

Then, of course, there is the enabling legislation, which will be required to put provisions of the agreement into New Zealand law.

One could ask all the same questions in regard to that.

Please Dr Reti, when can we expect some answers?

Chris Leitch
Democrats for Social Credit
Whangarei candidate

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