- This month's polls suggest that the popularity of the Labor prime minister has fallen to 30%.
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| New Zealand evangelical leader Brian Tamaki. / Youtube Capture |
An evangelical leader announces a new ultra-conservative party to unseat Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand
The New Zealand evangelical leader, Brian Tamaki, announced the creation of a new party, which brings together three ultra-conservative formations, with which he hopes to confront the Government of Labor Jacinda Ardern in the face of the general elections to be held in 2023.
The announcement of the formation of Freedoms NZ (Freedoms New Zealand) was made during protests this Tuesday in the Wellington Parliament against Ardern's management, which Tamaki considered "has crossed the line" by imposing one of the policies strictest in the world against covid-19, which are no longer in force, he said in statements to the New Zealand public network TVNZ.
Freedoms NZ, not yet registered on the New Zealand electoral register, already has the support of three conservative minority formations, including Vision NZ, a party led by the wife of the religious leader, Hannah Tamaki, who opposes abortion and homosexuality.
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The announcement by the leader of the Destiny church - who has caused controversy in the past for his comments against Islam, and sexual diversity and is one of the central figures in the protests against lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations in New Zealand - comes in amid the wear and tear of the current government.
This month's polls suggest that the popularity of the Labor prime minister has fallen to 30%, the lowest level since she took office in 2017, mainly as a result of the impact of accumulated inflation of 7.3%, the highest in 32 years.
Discontent over the high cost of living, as well as the measures imposed by Ardern during covid-19, among other issues, prompted some 2,000 people to march through the streets of Wellington today to protest in front of the national Parliament.
Outside the Legislative, protesters simulated a popular trial against the Ardern government, which they found guilty of "crimes against humanity" as part of the protests, organized by the Freedom and Rights coalition to which Tamaki belongs, according to TVNZ.
Simultaneously, more than 300 people gathered at the Cenotaph, in the vicinity of Parliament with banners reading: "Brian (Tamaki) is not the messiah" to defend sexual diversity, minorities, and measures against covid-19. 19 of Ardern, applauded worldwide, according to images released by the New Zealand media.
Within the framework of the demonstrations, the New Zealand Police deployed hundreds of agents, as well as placed barriers and blocked several streets in the center of Wellington to prevent a repetition of the violence recorded in the previous protest that began on February 8 and lasted 23 days.
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