We need to clean up the dirty flood of secret money into political parties – Greenpeace

The flood of secret money flowing into political parties shows the urgent need to clean up the electoral finance rules if we are to avoid a US-style system of one-dollar-one-vote, says Greenpeace Aotearoa. “This flood of secret money into political parties is a systemic threat to our democracy. We need to clean up the electoral finance rules as a matter of urgency,” says Dr Russel Norman, Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director. “We know already that there has been millions going into the political parties connected to fast track applications. The last independent review of electoral finance rules recommended removing these anonymous donations but the political parties did not progress these changes.