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.”