Candidates all support
Stronge cannabis stance
N
ational are the only party not supporting
New Zealanders’ rights to medical
cannabis, in the run-up to the December
3 Mt Roskill by-election.
Of the six candidates who attended the “Meet The
Candidates” public meeting in Lynfield midway
through the campaign, National’s Parmjeet Parmar
stood alone in insisting that current government
policy on medical cannabis was the right course.
Fully supportive: Labour’s
Michael Wood tells the
Cannabis Party’s Brandon
Stronge he wants to see the
law changed
It was the only chance the public had to quiz all
the candidates, though the two main parties were
able to argue their policy at various other preelection meetings - to which the other candidates
were not invited.
The first of those to happen during the by-election
campaign had seen a heated exchange between
Labour’s Michael Wood and the husband of his
main opponent, Dr Parmar.
There was more drama at the Lynfield meeting on
November 20, which was filmed by TVNZ and TV3.
Dr Parmar’s husband, who had been escorted
from the building by security during the first
meeting, was again there on the front row. He and
his allies were less than 2m from the candidates
and were doing their best to put her rivals off
when they were speaking.
The biggest round of applause of the night would
come when Dr Parmar’s husband was again
spoken to by security about his conduct.
It was the National supporters who were openly
dirisive of the policies put forward by Cannabis
Party candidate Brandon Stronge.