Plans vague say CIP

The Cook Islands Party says the government’s plan for a referendum on whether political reform is needed is too vague; following the Prime Minister’s announcement that work on the proposed referendum has begun so that it can coincide with the next election set for September. Cook Islands Party Vice President Mark Brown says, the referendum is an attempt for the Prime Minister to gain favour among voters as this is an election year. He told international media, the CIP has their own views on political reforms and are indeed supportive of it, however, the announcement he says is an attention grabbing statement by the Prime Minister to satisfy the public to show them he’s doing something about it. The statement Brown says made by the Prime Minister is obvious that people want reform but what people want is more concrete steps as to what type of reform is going to taking place.

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