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ACT leader David Seymour brushes off claims party has a 'culture of fear' (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ACT leader David Seymour is playing down reported complaints from volunteers about his party's culture.

Last week, Stuff reported claims of volunteers leaving the party, expressing no confidence in the board and raising concerns about the party's treatment of women.

The reports said sources close to the party accused its campaign leadership of creating a "culture of fear".

But leader David Seymour has brushed off the reports, saying they are not representative of ACT as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

@Dave

The reported complaints are not representative of the party as a whole, ACT leader says.

Isn’t that how bullying works? Done in a way that people don’t see it or can ignore it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yep

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, the important thing isn't whether everyone in the party acts like that, the important thing is what the party does when issues are raised to them. Brushing it off, and saying things like "Every time you have an election, people come and they find that maybe politics is not for them", indicate to me that they don't take the reports seriously.