MOCHA Members of Closed House of Assembly
Relax - have a MOCHA moment.
We are working - just not in the House of Assembly.
Simple really - YOU were elected as Members of the House of Assembly.
You refuse to go into the House of Assembly.
Cabinet and the Premier are supposed to answer the questions of
the people in the House of Assembly. The people have elected opposition
members of the House of Assembly and they have a role to play in our
democratic process.
The people expect that the Opposition Members that they elect
will have a reasonable opportunity to utilize Question Period. The
people expect that Opposition Members may introduce a Private Members
Bill. How can any MHA introduce a Private Members Bill if the government
as a body supersedes the elected body?
Dunderdale's party had the most MHA's elected so they form
government and appoint a Cabinet. This has nothing to do with members as
members to perform their MHA duties.
Note to MHA Perry and others promoting the message - that "just
because we are not in the House of Assembly does not mean we are not
working". Your message is ridiculous - has no validity - and is a poor
excuse for avoiding your duties.
Each MHA has the same value and importance and each has the power
of their vote, their voice and their participation in the House of
Assembly.
When Ms. Perry you were elected as an MHA - you were elected to
represent the people of your constituency regardless of your party and
the outcome of what party becomes government.
Ms. Perry you may sit in the House of Assembly and vote against
government measures all day long - and while your party may boot you
from the particular political association - they cannot remove you from
the House of Assembly.
All MHA's should be pushing for the opening of the House of Assembly - period.
When government starts dictating the value of the House of
Assembly to the point where a Premier could declare there is no reason
to open it - she has crossed a boundary - she is in contempt of the
people and their vote.
It is an abuse of governmental power to treat this institution with such disregard.
Open the House of Assembly or resign sit back and have a MOCHA.
The Progressive Conservative Party does not own the House of Assembly - the people do.
As an MHA you should demand respect for the House of the people or resign - you are a disgrace.
What next? Should we expect that the House of Assembly has been acquired by the PC Party? Will it now show up as an asset on the balance sheet of the PC Party at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer?
The
man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind
may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
~Andrew Carnegie
