Will Owen be called?

The Dom Post reports that the Privileges Committee is initially calling Winston Peters and Brian Henry to testify.

I am somewhat surprised by this. Winston, by his own words, says he knew nothing about the donation/gift, so I don’t know what value there will be from questions to him.

Surely the most important things is to first establish the facts around the donation – who was the cheque from, who was it made out to, what was it intended for, what account was it paid into etc. Once you have the facts then it would be more useful, in my opinion, to seek explanations.

Rodney Hide is worried that Owen Glenn may not be asked to testify. I can’t imagine how the Committee could expect to have any credibility if they do not invite Mr Glenn to testify, so I’m not that worried. I am sure they will issue appropriate invitations in due course.