They will burn against a clear victory in the “covid election”

Of: TT

Published: October 16, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.

She claims victory against coronavirus, is successful on social media, and leads opinion polls. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is most likely to be re-elected, while the opposition is fighting savagely over obesity and the wealth tax.

In recent months, the popularity of the Social Democratic Prime Minister has only increased and millions of people follow her work through social media, where she arouses as much interest as many world celebrities. In some contexts, Jacinda Ardern has far more followers than other party leaders established together.

His party, Labor, is expected to be the largest by a margin of 15-20 percentage points according to the latest opinion polls. The big question seems to be whether it can form its own majority government or whether it needs a supporting party.

Virus flap on its own axis

According to the Prime Minister himself, the parliamentary elections on Saturday are a “covid election”. When the coronavirus arrived in New Zealand, it quickly imposed strict quarantine rules and foreigners were completely excluded to keep the infection at bay.

“There was no manual for covid-19, but we went in early and hard and embarked on an elimination strategy, which meant we rounded up new cases when we had them, trampled on them, and opened our economy faster than others,” He said. Jacinda Ardern at a campaign appearance in the capital Wellington, according to Reuters.

– I will always maintain that it has been and will continue to be the best way to do it.

So far, just over 1,500 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in New Zealand and at least 25 infected people have died, very low numbers compared to many other countries.

Daily life in the country is largely business as usual today and in their public appearances, party leaders have mingled with voters without hesitation.

Corporal against environmentalists

Opposition leader Judith Collins, whose nickname “Crusher” (sort of “Crusher”) was established when she was New Zealand’s chief of police, is hopeful.

The outspoken lawyer took over as leader of the National Party in July. She questions opinion polls and says in an interview with the Stuff news site that support for her party is actually much higher than they say.

Collins has focused primarily on the estate tax, even though Labor has said no such tax will be introduced. However, Labor may need the support of the Green Green Party to form a government after the election, and then Collins believes the party will be able to overcome its desire for wealth taxes.

The right-wing leader calls Green Party representatives “unemployed people” – “each and every one of them” – and said in a campaign speech that New Zealanders are not “pathetic” enough to want a wealth tax.

When a journalist asked Judith Collins if she could give in to the Libertarian Party Law in a similar bargaining position, she quickly rejected it:

– I’m a much stronger person.

“Obesity is your own responsibility”

Collins has just under half the support of Jacinda Ardern in polls for who New Zealanders would prefer as prime minister. Ardern is estimated to have the support of about half the population, a trend that has continued since his actions following the terrorist attack on a mosque in Christchurch in 2019.

The opposition leader’s popularity also did not increase after an outing this week in which she said obesity is a weakness and that overweight people are only to blame. People should feel that they take responsibility for themselves, Collins said.

– Take control of our lives. Are we that pathetic? Are we sheep or are we human? “I think we are human,” he told the New Zealand Herald.

Some party comrades have opposed Collins on this, while other overweight colleagues have blamed themselves for her weight in public attempts to support her. About one in three New Zealanders over the age of 15 suffers from obesity, according to government statistics.

Published: October 16, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.