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New Zealand First MP Ron Mark
believes it is inappropriate for MPs to be commenting on the future
employment of suspended assistant police commissioner Clint Rickards. National leader John Key and
United Future's Peter Dunne have called on Mr Rickards to resign, despite
being acquitted in two trials of charges including the kidnapping and
indecent assault of a teenager in the 1980s. Mr Mark says the courts,
Parliament and police are separate entities for very good constitutional
reasons and must remain so for the sake of democracy. He says therefore, it
is not for politicians to have a hand in determining Mr Rickards' fate National Police Headquarters says
there will be no decision on Mr Rickards' future in the police force until
employment issues are worked through |
