Live Update: Indian Weekender has learnt reliably that Andrew Little endorses the call for bringing forward 2017 general elections.
The nation has already heard the outgoing Prime Minister John Key and the Prime Ministerial aspirant from the opposition party Andrew Little.
It eagerly waits for a second in line in National Party Bill English to hear what he has to say on today’s political development.
At this crucial time one important question that deserves valid attention is the need for bringing forward 2017 elections.
Will it not be appropriate to call for parliamentary elections now and let the nation decide itself that who should be the next Prime Minister rather than allowing a ‘free-willed’ exchange of the leadership?
The nation elected John Key as the Prime Minister in 2014 with confidence that he would be leading the nation till 2017.
In this regard, John Key’s statement earlier today that he was clear in his mind that he would not be completing his full fourth term deserves some attention.
“There’s no way I could have served out a full fourth term,” said Mr Key.
Against this backdrop, with less than nine months remaining from next general elections, it may be appropriate to call for early national elections and let the nation decide itself who they want as their next Prime Minister.
Internal change of leadership, owing to the pretext of passing the baton to the next generation of leadership that too nine months away from the scheduled parliamentary elections is not an ideal situation.
The nation may be well served if an early election is called immediately.