Let’s back MMP on 26 November

The Mari­time Uni­on is back­ing keep­ing the MMP vot­ing sys­tem in the upcom­ing Ref­er­en­dum on Sat­urday 26 Novem­ber.

Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary Joe Fleet­wood says the Uni­on was recom­mend­ing its mem­bers and all work­ing people vote to retain MMP.

Mr Fleet­wood says MMP was more rep­res­ent­at­ive and more demo­crat­ic than oth­er sys­tems.

“There is no per­fect vot­ing sys­tem but MMP provides the best mix of loc­al and pro­por­tion­al rep­res­ent­a­tion.”

He says under MMP every­one’s vote counts.

“In the past we saw Gov­ern­ment’s elec­ted with a minor­ity of votes around the coun­try. How is that fair?”

The major parties are more account­able under MMP, and we have a more diverse group of people elec­ted to Par­lia­ment who rep­res­ent what New Zeal­anders think in a fair and accur­ate way, he says.

“Let’s keep MMP.”