Institute of Chartered Accountants says Kill the Bill

The Institute of Chartered Accountants joins the Law Society in asking the for Electoral Finance Bill to be killed:

The Institute is deeply concerned that expert advice from the accounting and legal communities has been substantially ignored. Accordingly, we join the New Zealand Law Society in calling for the bill to be dumped,” says David Pickens, the Institute’s director of government relations and strategic projects.

“The only way a workable solution will be achieved is for the bill to be dumped and redrafted from scratch.

“To proceed in the face of such widespread and considered opposition sets a dangerous precedent. Democracy is too valuable and delicate to allow it to be trampled by such a flawed process.”

Now when is the last time you heard accountants get so worked up about an issue??? Shows how bad it is.