Barrister and constitutional law expert Mai Chen has raised questions over the speed in which the new government will be able to roll back some of Labour’s legislation.
“National's promised a lot and I don’t doubt that they will want to get on and get it done, but the reality is, at the rate we're going it may not be until the end of November when the government is formed.”
Currently, parliament is dissolved and won’t reconvene until incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon can show the Governor General he has the confidence to form a government.
National and ACT hold a slim majority, but there are around half a million special votes yet to be counted.
Chen told 1News she has heard people saying that due to the change of government they would no longer need to engage in some of the changes Labour had introduced while in power.
“National has promised a very significant first 100 days agenda, so expectations are high in the community.
“It’s already happening, clients of mine are saying ‘oh its alright now, National's come in, I'm not doing fair pay agreements’.”
National’s 100 Day Action plan includes 41 first-moves, in the areas of law and order, health, education, housing, infrastructure and the economy.
Some of those plans are to:
• Stop all work on Labour’s Jobs Tax (Income Insurance Scheme).
• Introduce legislation to restore 90-day trial periods for all businesses.
• Repeal Labour’s 'Fair Pay' legislation
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