September 10, 2014
Justice policy forged in experience
The Maori Party wants to dump the Independent Police Conduct Authority and replace it with a wide-ranging anti-corruption commission.
Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell will launch the policy in Wellington today alongside list candidate Tame Iti.
Mr Iti was arrested in 2007 in the anti-terror Operation Eight, which the authority found was justified and reasonable to undertake even if some of the actions taken by police during it were unjustified, unreasonable and illegal.
Mr Flavell says the party wants a review of the entire justice system including the police and courts to ensure the system is aligned with tikanga Maori and will address institutional racism.
He says the anti-corruption commission will replace the Independent Police Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office, the Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Conduct Panel, the investigative functions of the State Service Commission and the Parliamentary Privileges Select Committee.
The Maori Party will also push for a repeal of the three strikes legislation and the law preventing prisoners from voting.
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