New Zealand House Speaker Trevor Mallard has withdrawn trespass notices for five former MPs, prompting the former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to call for an “immediate” vote of no confidence.
On May 2, trespass notices were sent to Peters, former Nationals MP Matt King, and others who attended the anti-mandate protests in Wellington, banning them from parliament grounds for two years.
King attended the protest twice in February, making two speeches and interviewing many of the protesters.
“There’s no justification for this trespass notice,” King said after receiving the notice.
Mallard had met with the Parliamentary Service Commission to consider whether the politicians should be exempted from the notices of trespassing, but the only ones in favour were the ACT Party.
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