Phil Goff
Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goffis the Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mount Roskill. During the Fifth Labour Government, in office from 1999 to 2008, he served in a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Defence of New Zealand, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control and Associate Minister of Finance. He served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011...
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because they know what sort of chaos would ensue if that happened.
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Obviously the world has a fascination to know who the new administration is and what that will mean for international politics. We hope the problem will be sorted out as soon as possible,
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It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house,
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Like many of the other industries in Northwest Arkansas, we are in constant need of workers. These people are in need of jobs, and we thought it was a good match.
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We welcome the fact that each side has given at least verbal approval to a truce,
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We obviously hope that truce is not simply for the time of our visit, but that the truce could be entrenched as the first step towards getting people back to the negotiating table,
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We would hope that the United States would become engaged again as soon as possible so that we jointly address this real problem.
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If they were to succeed, ... that clearly would lead in the direction to the release of Mr. Speight and an end to the inquiry of those people who were behind the illegal and violent overthrow of the constitutional government of Fiji.
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What would have to be demonstrated, and hasn't been demonstrated, is that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and there is a direct, likely and immediate threat that such weapons would be employed,
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Those people clearly felt that they were under threat,
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These reservations relate to the reliability and admissibility of evidence, constraints placed on the defense, and the independence of the judiciary from the executive,
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People came to APEC with an expectation that the nature of the new administration would be known, and as of yet the answer to that question is not clear,
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a man probably responsible for 50 deaths, the burning of hundreds of homes, destruction of villages and who currently holds several dozen people as hostage.
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that there were no immediate plans for a law change. But he would listen to the public debate, and it might be an area that officials could work on. Mr Goff said the case of deliberately not using protection and having intercourse was far more clear-cut.