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Judith Collins says that while national MP Alfred Ngaro’s controversial social media post attacking Labor MP Phil Twyford does not reflect the party’s views, she “supports freedom of speech.”
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Collins said he spoke to Ngaro about the post, which was removed an hour after it was posted. Source: 1 NEWS
Ngaro made a post on Facebook last night with an image saying that voting for his rival for the Te Atatau seat was a vote for the legalization of recreational cannabis, the decriminalization of all drugs, term abortion and abortion based on gender and disability.
Twyford responded to the post after it was removed, calling it “big misinformation, should not be ignored.” He added that the publication “has more in common with the fake news from the American religious right than with the way we do politics in New Zealand.”
A Facebook post by National Party MP Alfred Ngaro attacking Labor MP Phil Twyford. Source: 1 NEWS
The national leader said she spoke to Ngaro about the post this morning, which he called “her personal belief,” but understood that it was “not the opinion of the party.”
The post was deleted about an hour after it was posted, he said.
Collins said that while Ngaro is “someone who passionately believes exactly what he has put there” and has “his own genuine and conscientious views”, “they are certainly not shared by the party.”
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Alfred Ngaro posted an image on Facebook last night, stating that a vote for Labor candidate Phil Twyford is a vote for the decriminalization of all drugs and full-term abortions. Source: 1 NEWS
“He is very grateful for the fact that the National Party supports, and I personally support, freedom of expression, but it is better that it does not have the national brand in any way.”
Labor Party leader Jacinda Ardern said she has not seen the post, but was informed.
“I would support the call he made. From what is said, it is flagrant misinformation,” Ardern said.
