Sometimes
it’s very hard not to attack the person behind stupid conduct instead of the
conduct itself because, there are times when the extent and gravity of that
conduct is so wrong and so abhorrent to our values and way of life, the person
themselves must hold responsibility.
Daniel
Andrews, the leader of our current Government, refused to rule out introducing
retrospective legislation to invalidate a lawful debt over the East West link
for which he knows he is responsible.
Unfortunately
it’s all of us who suffer this conduct because he speaks for us and anything he
does reflects on us as a State.
I
can’t imagine the degree of ignorance and stupidity it takes to even contemplate
this sort of action. Retrospective legislation is an evil ploy of dull witted
people because it is so abhorrent and so against our Westminster system of
Government it beggars belief.
Can
anyone imagine what this will do to our reputation as a place in which to invest
or indeed the effect on our country’s credit rating?
This
third world conduct by the current Premier is enough to call an immediate
election because it threatens our very way of life.
He
has spent a good chunk of our surplus already and can fund few of his promises -
even with forward estimates of 20 years plus. Now
add on the costs of an imminent High Court challenge and subsequent payouts for
the East West link plus the withdrawing of funding from the Federal Government
and we are back to the days of Cain, Kirner, Bracks and Brumby. Does anyone
remember how much Bracks cost us as a State when Hull in his post as attorney
general lost the court cases over Seal Rocks including a stupid appeal attempt?
Try $80,000,000 and that’s minor compared to the lawful default costs of East
West link. Remember also that the Bracks Government at the time tried to blame
anyone but themselves - as Andrews is currently attempting.
Please,
please not again.
Retrospective
legislation is evil. Our system of
Government is sacrosanct as it protects us, supports us and makes us the envy of
the world – why screw with it?
There’s
a good reason our Judiciary is independent.
Regards,
Jon
Langevad
