The ACT Party has all its eggs in one basket, Epsom, and its future relies on its Epsom candidate, John Banks, being elected.
But party leader Don Brash made a spontaneous announcement at the weekend saying he wants to investigate the feasibility of decriminalising the use of marijuana.
And this announcement went against the personal and passionate belief of Mr Banks who is vehemently against the plan and wasn’t even informed of the announcement.
Political reporter Patrick Gower spoke to Mr Banks about Dr Brash’s announcement.
Mr Banks says he “doesn’t care whose idea it is”, he does not support it.
“I’ve always been opposed to drugs, many of our vulnerable young are drowning in a sea or alcohol and drugs,” he says, “They need lifeboats not concrete weights”.
“Don Brash may have certain views on this but decriminalising marijuana is not an ACT Party policy…I don’t care whose idea it is.
“I don’t agree with everything everyone says in the ACT Party… [and] I will never, ever, ever, ever vote for the decimalisation of marijuana…It’s a serious problem and I am not saying yes to that,” Mr Banks says.
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