Constitutional Issues Forum

Audrey Young at reports:

The issue of whether MP Brendan Horan should resign from Parliament now his party has expelled him could be part of the legitimate public “conversation” on a wide range of issues relevant to 's constitutional arrangements.

The -appointed advisory panel on will today launch a public consultation process at Te in Wellington.

One of the issues under discussion is electoral integrity legislation – also known as party-hopping law – and whether MPs that leave parties from which they were elected can continue to remain in Parliament. …

Among the other issues wants discussed is whether Maori representation in local government should be guaranteed, whether the Treaty of Waitangi should be entrenched in law, if the Bill of Rights Act should be made higher law (enabling the courts to invalidate laws that are inconsistent with it), the size of Parliament and the length of the parliamentary terms, and whether New Zealand should have a .

All good issues for debate.

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