工党保护国有资产                                            
  

工党将致力阻止国家党出卖国有资产的计划并保留在合理情形下购回财产的权利。这是工党领袖大卫•康立夫（Hon David Cunliffe）日前表示的。

在刚刚结束的全民公投中，新西兰选民以压倒多数的67%之众投票反对国家党出卖国有资产的计划。

对国家党政府来说民意的呼声已经十分强烈，那就是反对出卖国有资产。

工党将极力阻止国家党出卖国有资产的计划。在工党政府领导下将不会有任何出卖国有资产的计划。

我们保留将这些被国家党出卖的国有资产买回的权利， 就像上一任工党政府将国有铁路和新西兰航空公司买回一样----私有化将这些公司推到差不多崩溃的边缘。

下一届工党政府将把新西兰人民的利益放在首位，而不是把商人银行的利益放在首位——这些人在出卖国有资产的准备过程中已经赚了1亿5千万。

全民公投是在不久前刚刚结束的基督城东区差额补选之后举行的。工党在基督城东区差额补选当中的大获全胜也进一步证明民众对国家党傲慢、践踏民意的作风已经十分厌恶。

这次有1百33万选民投票反对国家党出卖国有资产。1百33万选民人数之众已经超过了1995年关于消防员全民公投的两倍。在有选举资格的选民当中，44%都积极地参与投票 。这个人数和上个月结束的基督城东区差额大选相仿， 也大大超过了地方政府选举的人数。

对国家党政府来说民意已经十分强烈，那就是强烈反对出卖国有资产。而国家党一直以来认为自己能够躲在这个事实背后，全民公决把他们暴露在阳光之下。

国家党已经试用了各种的小伎俩，试图淡化这次全民公决。第一是把全民公决的结果在圣诞度假之前公布， 并且在公布之前就反复强调国家党政府会忽略这次的全民公投。

但无论如何让这次的全民公投对国家党提出了一个非常强烈的警示，如果国家党再一意孤行，低估和忽略民意的话，2014年全国大选当中，他们是不可能再次漠视民意。

（国会议员霍建强办公室提供，详细内容见英文原文。）

David 
CUNLIFFE
Labour Leader

14 December 2013                                          MEDIA STATEMENT
Labour will protect Kiwi assets
Labour is committed to stopping National’s asset sales programme and reserves the right to buy back assets where that makes sense, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says.
“An overwhelming 67 per cent of New Zealanders voted against the Government’s fire sale in the citizens’ initiated referendum, a margin of two to one.
“That is a resounding thumbs down.
“Labour commits to stopping this crazy programme in its tracks. There will be no privatisation under a Labour-led Government.
“We reserve the right to buy back our hard-earned assets just as the last Labour Government bought back KiwiRail and most of Air New Zealand after privatisation had all but ruined both companies.
“The next Labour Government will govern in New Zealanders interests, not the interests of merchant bankers who have pocketed a cool $150 million in sale fees so far.
“Coming on the heels of the decisive win in the Christchurch East by-election it is more evidence Kiwis are sick of a government that has stopped listening.
“The total tum out of 1.33 million is almost double that of 1995’s firefighter referendum and at 44 per cent of eligible voters casting a vote similar in turn out to last month’s hotly contested by-election and higher than the number who voted in the local body elections.
“It is a decisive mandate against National’s asset sales programme. There is no way the Government can hide from that fact.
“In Maori electorates over 90 per cent voted against the sell off. That bodes badly for National’s sway over Maori seats in next year’s general election.
”National tried every trick in the book to suppress and marginalise the vote with its timing on the eve of Christmas holidays and telling New Zealanders in advance they would ignore the result.
“None the less National has been warned that if they ignore this they won’t be able to ignore defeat in 2014,” David Cunliffe said.