Debate on Adoption of Pacific Parliament to New Zealand Parliament

This article debates against the adoption of the Pacific parliament to the New Zealand parliament. It discusses the government system, monarchy parliament, voting system, and system of governance. The opposing side argues that the Pacific parliament should not follow the New Zealand parliament due to various reasons.

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Introduction
This task aims at debating against the adoption of the Pacific parliament to the New
Zealand parliament. A brief preview of the New Zealand parliament is that it's one of the oldest
parliaments which constitutes of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of
Representatives. It was established in the year eighteen fifty, and it remains functional up to date.
Pacific parliament is supported by the Pacific parliament network which enables the Pacific
legislature to have access to authoritative information as well as research services. This pacific
parliament works in collaboration with the New Zealand, Australian Parliaments, and the United
Nations programmers of development. (Goldman and Brashares 2014, p.75). This network
compiles information on political events and training practices from all the Pacific regions.
Sharing of issues among the Pacific areas it's also facilitated by the system. In compliance with
the Parliamentary research Request service, it instructs the Pacific clerks to submit the paper to
the parliament and share their current information relating to their parliaments
Opposing Side: The Pacific Parliament should not follow the New Zealand parliament
because of the following reasons;
Government system
It takes a shorter time to change its Government system. In relevance to the New Zealand
law though, a new government is formed after three years. ( Christensen and Lægreid
2013,p.73).The effect of this is that the previous government after the exhaustion of the stated
period of three years may not have exploited its full potential and the performance of the last
government might be undermined and termed as incompetent due to a failure of completing its
strategic projects. Besides, the Pacific parliament in the side of governance is characterized by

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the problem of incompetence, which originates from incompletion of projects will also be
exhibited.
Monarchy Parliament
The New Zealand parliament is monarchy constitutionally. This implies that the head of
state which in this case is Queen Elizabeth II exercises the full sovereignty of the country. She is
represented by the Governor-general called Dame Patsy Reddy. This Governor General system
uses the mixed member proportional system of voting which discourages the multi-party political
system, and thus most of the seats are won by the single political party which comprises of the
Queen Elizabeth side. (O'Neill 2012, p.751). The adoption of this system of parliament by the
Pacific parliament may be of a massive disadvantage since this kind of system advocates the
dominance of a single party which holds all the available seats in the government. This
ineffective of this type of government can be identified as some of the individuals elected may
lack leadership qualities and thus may lead to deterioration of the pacific parliament if adopted.
Voting system
The Voting System, The mixed member voting system advocates a responsible
government. This states that ministers will only be chosen from those who were initially elected
as members of the House representatives. The government is believed to stay in power only if it
has sufficient members in the House of Representatives (Pahl-Wostl, Kabat, and Möltgen 2010,
p.56). In compliance with this statement, it's clear that the adoption of this system of government
obliges the participation of new members who are not part of the House of Representatives and
have better leadership qualities than those already in the House of Representatives. The adoption
of this voting system by the pacific parliament may lead to a downfall of the whole economy just

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because it limits the chance of people who understand more about the problem of the economy
and are ready to formulate the relevant strategies to correct those problems.
System of Governance
The system of Governance, The New Zealand system of governance is sub-divided into
three branches which have the same separation of powers. The distinction of management with
the three branches should have different separation of powers. (Iosifidis 2010, p.67).This is
because if all equal exercise power, only a single office should be adopted to represent the three
branches. If this must be approved, therefore unequal power should be implemented so that,
there is a hierarchal distribution of forces such that, one chapter responds to the above it. The
offices in which the government of New Zealand is sub-divided is as discussed below
Its legislature
Legislature, this constitutes the parliament which in other terms is referred to as the
House of Representatives and also entails the selected committees which perform a variety of
roles. Some of which include making new laws and also updating the existing laws and the
amendment of bills which finally become laws. They act as representatives of the other New
Zealanders, determination of the tax system and also the implementation of government
expenditure. The adoption of this type of legislature in the pacific parliament will entail the
amendment of various laws and the government system to deploy its services successfully to the
citizens. This is because the New Zealand governments beliefs on the sovereignty of the queen
and any Member of parliament action taken on behalf of the citizens has to be approved by
Queen, and therefore she has the right to accept or reject the offering from the member of
parliaments. This is a significant disadvantage if this is adopted and it fails to be amended.

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Its Executive
Executive, About the New Zealand constitution, the executive has been given the power
to make the decision on daily activities and the expenditure of the government money. It
proposes laws to the parliament and policies which guide the daily practice of the government
departments. It also constitutes of ministers who are supported by the government agencies.
( Larner and Walters 2011, p.361).The role of Executive in New Zealand is made of mere
illusion since any expenditure by the government is prepared to satisfy the group of member
states first since the government is the monarchy. The implementation of this kind of
government by the pacific parliament will be a great menace to the regular residents since there
wants will only be catered for after the top level political there need have been provided for.
Its Judiciary
Judiciary, this entails cases of Court and Judgment. It involves the interpretation of laws
by judges in the court of law and making the correct decision from the knowledge obtained
through the code. This also entails reviewing the actions made by the government and giving a
breakthrough to most of the problem brought to them by the ordinary citizens. The branch of
Judiciary in New Zealand has been fully exercised since most of the courts do not follow the
constitution and exercise biases in the decisions made at the court. The implementation of this
branch by the pacific parliament will attract some further changes in the system to achieve
equality and fairness in making decisions in court.
The above points were formulated for the opposing side which critically rejected the
aspect of the Pacific parliament to adopt the New Zealand parliament due to the points deduced
as shown above.

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The proposing side comes up with the following arguments;
Government Formation
About the first opposing point, the proposing team argued that the formation of the
government after three years was a great deal since after every three years the offices will be
occupied by new leaders who can exercise their competence to come up with go-ahead plan and
aid in achieving sustainable development. (Larner and Craig 2010, p.402).They suggested that
this type of strategy will eliminate incompetent leaders in the offices and new ones take over
their chances. In countering with this argument, I stated that the probability of the incoming
leader competence is unknown and the existing leader needs only time to confirm his or her
incompetence. This argument attracted the expansion of the government formation time to give
the current leaders time to exploit their full potential in the field to bring a desirable result thus
the parliament was not to wholly adopted in relevance to that.
System of Governance
In accordance to the second opposing point on the system of governance which was the
monarchy in nature, the proposing side suggested that this system of governance was the best
and had to be adopted since it constitutes members of a family who hold higher level seats in the
government. (Reddy, Locke, Scrimgeour and Gunasekarage 2013, p.51)They deduced an
example to support their point by arguing that, a family that has good governance traits is well
off in guiding the country towards achieving sustainable development of the country through the
implementation of quality decisions to improve the economy. In opposition of this argument, is
stated that the trait of leadership is spread from and a variety of citizen and therefore, there are

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better than them, and if given a chance to hold those seats, they can provide better performance
than them thus there proposing statement is invalid.
Voting system
The point on voting system of New Zealand was also a significant interest by the
proposing side. They stated that electing members of parliament from those who already exist in
the House of Representatives was a great idea which not only the Pacific parliament should
adopt but also the other nations as well. This was because they understood better about the
operation and duties of the members of parliament than the recruits from the full range of
citizens. In opposition to this statement, I stated that there is no need of voting for a person who
knows about his role and he or she cannot undertake it. (Durie 2012, p.100).Despite he can use
the power of the office for his or her benefit. The goal of voting was to involve the citizens in a
selection of members of state who in their view were to achieve sustainable development in their
ministries or own origins or localities in which they represent. Therefore, the idea of voting
should ignore whether you know about the job or not and focus on the welfare of the citizens.
The system of governance also was also a crucial area to discuss by the proposing side.
They argued that this system of subdividing the government into three that is the Executive,
Legislature and the Judiciary was a great idea. This was because each branch represented a
critical part of the government and helped it to perform its functions and operations efficiently.
They suggested on equality of powers among the three branches in an offering of the government
services. In counteracting with these statements, I criticized the three branches and advocated for
amendment only if they were to be adopted.

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Legislature
The legislature was evidenced that they advocated for the role of the parliament which
was to regulate the daily expenditure of the country, determining the tax expenditure as well as
the amendment of a bill which finally becomes laws. These roles were excellent as every state
has its legislature in which it relies on for its operations. In compliance with this legislative role,
I pointed out that the legislative function was genuine and deserve to be followed though not like
the way New Zealand does. (Marsden and Prevost 2011, p.255). Proper compliance with the
services has to be achieved if pacific c parliament has to adopt this and has to define its
legislative roles which abide by the need s of its citizen. The side of expenditure has highly been
neglected and the quality of selfishness overflows in the country thus the ordinary citizen does
not benefit from this leisure as supposed to help. Therefore good amendment has to be followed
and rules and regulations set to those whore break the roles under this branch.
Executive
Executive, Great importance was attached by the proposing side on this branch and stated
that it implements roles which help the management of other departments of the government and
therefore performs a critical function which also the pacific parliament should also apply.
(Hossain, Prevost and Rao 2009, p.119). In line with the statement, I argued by the monarchy
system of government which gives the Queen total sovereignty above all the departments.
Therefore for every action that has to be executed in any of the department has to pass through
the Queen who has the right to accept or reject the work suggested. I also indicated for the
reduction of the powers of the Queen or the top level seats not to manipulate the rights of the
citizens thus considered the proposing point void.

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Judiciary
Judiciary, the proposing side also recommended that the Pacific parliament should adopt
the New Zealand parliament and implement these judiciary roles which include the judgment and
Court of law.(Thompson 2010, p.480)About this statement, I stated that the judges in the court
should represent the true citizen and not to be biased with those in power. They should adhere to
the statement that says that no one is above the law regardless of his or her strengths.
Conclusion
In compliance with the above debate, is clear that the Pacific parliament should not adopt
the New Zealand parliament due to issues regarding the formation of a government, the voting
system and the governance systems. Despite the proposing side, the opposing team remains firm
and stable on its arguments towards the motion on a debate.

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