Ardern Makes Room For Greens In New Zealand's Labour Government
Sumaira FH Published October 31, 2020 | 01:56 PM
Despite a landslide election victory for her Labour Party, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Saturday that the Green Party would be given two ministerial positions to help advance their "shared goals"
Wellington, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Oct, 2020 ) :Despite a landslide election victory for her Labour Party, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Saturday that the Green Party would be given two ministerial positions to help advance their "shared goals".
The announcement came after Green Party members voted to accept a "cooperation agreement" to support Labour.
Ardern's centre-left Labour Party took 64 of the 120 parliamentary seats in the October 17 election, after the charismatic leader campaigned on the success of her government guiding the country through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Although Ardern could govern without the support of minor parties, she said she wanted to build on shared goals with the Greens who were in her previous three-party coalition government.
Their ministerial portfolios will cover climate, the environment and child and community well being issues.
"On election night I said Labour would govern for all of New Zealand and continue to build as much consensus as possible -- this agreement achieves that objective," Ardern said.
"We showed in the last government we can work well with the Green Party. On environmental and wellbeing issues there is much we agree on that is good for New Zealand and I want to draw on our shared goals and expertise to keep moving forward with that work."The third member of the previous coalition government, New Zealand First, failed to win any seats in the election.
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