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www.peterellis.co.nz
March 11, 2004
Dalziel pulls out of Ellis probe
Editorial, Opinion
This site
applauds the actions of Lianne Dalziel in at last being honest; coming clean
and declaring her relationships with the Ellis case. (March 11, 2004; The Press).
What is still not clear is the influence that she has already had on the case
while she was a senior member of the Government, with justice
responsibilities.
Before Goff became Minister of Justice, he was one of very few people who
were openly calling for an inquiry into the case. In cabinet his U-turn on
the subject has been seen as almost bizarre, especially considering the calls
for an inquiry by an extremely large number of influential New Zealanders.
This site can only speculate as to the influence that Goff's close colleague,
Dalziel has had before she today at last declared that she "has a
personal connection to two children who attended the creche". Has Goff's
loyalties been toward his colleague, and not to the public of New Zealand?
The leader of the Green Party, Rod Donald, has previously acknowledged that
his own children attended the Christchurch Civic Creche. However this site is also aware of yet
another very senior politician who has similar close links to Dalziel to the
Christchurch Civic Creche case, who has never declared those links. If
justice is ever going to be done, one of the first steps on that journey will
be for all politicians to declare their links openly
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