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An elated David Seymour celebrated the passage of the End-of-Life Election Act in a referendum with a group of hundreds of supporters in Parliament.
“What a great day to be a kiwi,” said Seymour.
In a short speech, Seymour thanked the many supporters of the bill, particularly ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden, who planned to pass the bill while working as a clerk in Seymour’s office.
“I want to thank Brooke, now ACT’s Deputy Leader in Parliament for her phenomenal work in bringing together a coalition of MPs who have nothing in common other than their support for this bill,” said Seymour.
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Seymour also thanked the 69 MPs in Parliament who supported the bill.
“Standing orders require a person’s name to be on an invoice, and I’m proud to have put my name on it,” said Seymour.
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ACT party leader David Seymour put his name on the End of Life Choice bill.
Preliminary results of the referendum on the choice of the end of life show that it was approved emphatically, with 65.2% of support in favor of passing the bill and only 33.8% against.
Seymour is the chief architect of the Law of Choice at the End of Life. In 2015, he entered it in the vote of the Members of Parliament. It was finally drafted in 2017, but could not be debated until after the elections that year.
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“> The justice selection committee meant that the bill spent more than a year listening to submissions before reporting to Parliament.
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Explanation of the Law of choosing the end of life.
There, he encountered a complicated journey through the House-wide committee before the bill finally passed last November.
However, the law did not go into effect upon receipt of the Real Asset. NZ First demanded a referendum on the law as a condition of their support.
Talking to Things, Seymour said that when his bill finally got off the ballot, he wasn’t sure if it would pass.
“It was always the goal to get here, but it is very difficult to know what the parliamentarians are going to do,” he said.
He thanked the grand multi-party coalition for supporting the bill.
“It had my name on it, but throughout this entire journey a lot of people have supported the cause – it’s the activists, it’s the New Zealand electorate, it’s the party, and ultimately it’s the entire New Zealand public that you have supported. ” Seyour said.
ACT now has a 10-deputy caucus, up from the single seat the party managed to win in the last three elections.
Seymour attributed some of this increased support to the Act of Choice at the end of life.
“I know that some people voted for ACT because of this, but I think that many people voted for ACT because they saw that we could work constructively on an issue and be an opposition party when necessary.
“It is certainly a pillar in what has helped ACT increase its support, but only a pillar,” said Seymour.
