Peyrefitte Takes No Issue with PM Calling Early Election

Finally, we asked Peyrefitte if he thinks the Prime Minister called the general election too early, especially since the redistricting wasn’t finished. Peyrefitte said it’s the Prime Minister’s prerogative, and the people need a chance to decide at the polls.

 

Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P

“It is his prerogative. The law allows him to advice the Governor General to dissolve the parliament and set date for the election. That is his prerogative within the law. He didn’t do anything illegal by doing that. All I asked was , why if you are claiming you have been running such a wonderful economy that on the last day of parliament you have to borrow two hundred million dollars. At the end of financial year and why you need to at the cost of forty-two million dollars to the public you have to beg Taiwan to push back a hundred and eighty million dollars in loans that they UDP never did in twelve years. We never asked for any excuse on those loans. They come in, claim they are running a humming economy, but when you look at what they do, their report card is an F.”

 

Paul Lopez

“Do you believe that much like the 2020 election, this one is illegal because redistricting has not taken place and the electoral constituencies are illegal.”

 

Michael Peyrefitte

“I have not looked into that, but I think I like the fact that the election is March twelfth. The people need to be given a decision to decide how they rate this current government form 2020, to now.”