NEED OF STABILITY
EXTENSION OF THE LIFE' OF PARLIAMENT PROPOSAL DEFENDED BY PREMIER. NO DANGER OF MINISTERS CLINGING TO OFFICE. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. On the question of the extension of the life of Parliament, the Prime Minister justified the agreement arrived at for the extension for the period-of the war, and a period not exceeding twelve months after the war. on the grounds of the necessity for stability and concentration on the country's war effort. The position would be fully safeguarded. he said, by the fact that ample opportunity would be given for a full discussion of the situation at any time by the question being raised in the House of Representatives. The issue would never be shirked, and if at any time, the present arrangement failed to work an appeal to the country would be inevitable. “If the War Administration at any time felt that they did not truly represent the people of the country, then neither they nor myself as Prime Minister, nor my other colleagues, would remain in office,” said Mr Fraser. “Finally, as a means of preventing any retention of office in defiance of the people, there is the power of his Excellency the Governor-General tu dissolve Parliament,” he added. “However, the necessity for such a course is inconceivable, as no self-respecting Ministers would cling to office when they felt they were out of sympathy with the people. Certainly, neither myself nor the Leader of the Opposition, nor any of our colleagues would hold office one second longer than we thought we were fairly representing the majority of the people of the country.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1942, Page 3
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270NEED OF STABILITY Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1942, Page 3
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