New Zealand delayed election four weeks after the outbreak of coronavirus in Auckland

(Wellington, New Zealand) – The Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister was four weeks late Zealand elections because of the outbreak of the crown in Auckland. The election was scheduled for September 19, but will now be on 17 October, the opposition parties had kept a delay after the outbreak of the virus has prompted the government last week sought to Auckland has put a two-week block and paused campaign. Prior to the recent outbreak 102 days Zealand had been no known transmission of the virus community, and life was back to normal for most people, with restaurants open, and schools and sports fans in the later stages. The only known cases in this period returned travelers were asked to border quarantine. Officials believe that the virus was imported from abroad to New Zealand again, but has not yet determined how. The Auckland epidemic has grown to 49 infections, all thought to be connected, health officials hope that the virus does not spread through the cluster. Ardern had the opportunity to delay the selection until about two months. He said he had called in parliament, leaders of all political parties to get their views before the decision to make on Monday. “Ultimately, I want to ensure we have well-run election, all voters the best chance is all the information that they need to get on parties and candidates, and provides security for the future,” said Ardern. He said he would not pull the call late again considered – no matter what was going on with any outbreak. “COVID continue to upset the whole world,” said Ardern life. Other nations, including South Korea and Singapore had yet to hold elections during the run pandemic, he added. Ardern also he announced that the legislature called the Parliament, it was over before the sit elections. The parliament will now continue until early September. The conservative opposition leader Judith Collins has made us not really offer an opinion on the delay, saying only that their national party “to confirm the new date”, while he also had said failures tested at the border. But the small opposition ACT Party welcomed the delay. The David Seymour leader said that the new epidemic had been forced to cancel a dozen events, including debates and community meeting “To have a free and fair, candidates are voters in the municipality of listening out, and that is not possible while Aucklanders are housebound, “he said in a statement. The delay cables logistical problems, including the change of choice locations of the booking and to ensure that the thousands of election workers for the survey shall be available for the new dates. Ardern said he believed there was enough time to organize everything. Opinion polls show the liberal Labor Party Ardern is favored to win a second term. The popularity of the party has jumped significantly since the pandemic Ardern winning international praise for the way in which the crisis.
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