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MP to be prosecuted

September 10th, 2003 at 12:05 pm by David Farrar

The Police have decided to prosecute Taranaki-King Country MP Shane Ardern for disorderly behaviour, after he drove a tractor up the setps of Parliament during the Flatulence Tax protest.

Coming on top of the Police saying they may prosecute Marc Ellis for encouraging streakers, one would think the Police are over staffed and no serious crime to concentrate on. Pity the latest police stats show violent crime significantly increasing. Is it any wonder?

If ever a case deserved a caution at most, this is it. How come Helen Clark gets off her far more serious forgery after the Police find there was a prima facae case, yet this trivia results in prosecution?

Perhaps because she is in Government, and Mr Ardern is not.

Just as the law was changed to protect Labour’s Harry Dynhoven and other unknown MPs from their actions, yet nothing is done to help Nick Smith facing a $100,000 contempt of court battle for trying to help some constituents whose children were stolen from them.

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6 Responses to “MP to be prosecuted”

  1. Scott Higham Says:
    September 10th, 2003 at 1:20 pm

    Agree completely — this sort of stuff stinks of one rule for some, and another for everyone else.

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  2. Gordon King Says:
    September 10th, 2003 at 3:46 pm

    This is grossly unfair. Why didn’t they charge helen with fraud over paintergate?

    G.

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  3. ackbar Says:
    September 10th, 2003 at 6:35 pm

    The Police are running a tight-rope in regards to consistency between Arden and MP. Not the first time for judicial bodies – remember the NZSE investigation of Helen Clark, not to mention the SFO investigation of the National Party, with the minister briefed even before the Party President.

    What there is no doubt of is that Helen Clark is a hypocrite!

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  4. Harvey Says:
    September 11th, 2003 at 9:23 am

    It is the Police that made the decison regards charging the immature media attention seeking Arden. If they are going to enforce security around Parliament they can not do favours for MP’s. Let then Courts decide.

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  5. Craig Ranapia Says:
    September 12th, 2003 at 5:40 pm

    Harvey:

    I was at that protest and the ONLY person Arden was endangering was himself & a film crew from TVNZ (I think). The rest of us being kept a good 20 feet away from the steps, as per standard operating proceedure. Now, if Arden has broken the law NOBODY is arguing that he shouldn’t be held accountable. I just have to wonder why Hunt got on his high horse, and the Police considered this important enough to prosecute while a prima facae case that the Prime Minister had committed FRAUD was too trivial.

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    February 22nd, 2004 at 12:26 am

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