ACT’s petition Is pointless

Ardern, Hipkins and Robertson will never face the Covid Inquiry

As someone who has consistently voted for the ACT Party, I find myself shaking my head at their latest stunt. ACT has launched a petition calling on Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson to front up to the Covid Inquiry. On the surface it sounds like a strong stand for accountability. In reality, it is nothing more than political theatre.

Yes, these three should be at that inquiry. They made the decisions that shaped New Zealand’s pandemic response. However, they cannot be forced to appear, and they will not turn up. The very people who pushed a vaccine on the public that has harmed thousands, and in some cases cost lives, are hardly going to volunteer themselves for a grilling. Do you think they want to face those they misled

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There is a reason Jacinda Ardern spends her time overseas. She knows the anger and resentment that follows her at home. To many New Zealanders she will go down as the most hated prime minister in living memory. Instead of fronting up, she hides behind a carefully constructed international image, draped in the empty branding of “kindness.” She may play the saint on the world stage, but she will never answer for the pain, division and destruction her government left behind here.

So while ACT’s petition might rally some signatures, it will not bring truth or accountability. The real question is not whether Ardern, Hipkins and Robertson will appear before the Covid Inquiry – they will not. The question is why we continue to tolerate leaders who can inflict so much harm, then simply walk away without consequence.

The left need to wake up. Chris Hipkins wants to be prime minister again next year. Yet he refuses to face the Covid inquiry or accept even the slightest accountability. What does that tell you about the man? It tells me he is a coward who runs from responsibility.

Why would anyone hand the keys to the country to someone who cannot even front a royal commission? You would have to be foolish to vote for him

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