The Government seemed to be in a bind about the cannabis referendum to be held at the general election next year. The dilemma was about whether the referendum should be binding.
Referencing a leaked cabinet paper, National Party drug reform spokeswoman Paula Bennett threw doubt on how binding the referendum would be.
National declined to release the paper to protect the source (something of an impediment when it comes to establishing the credibility of claims against political opponents) but said only one of four referendum options due to be discussed by Cabinet yesterday might compel the Government to act on the outcome.
The other three possibilities would not be technically “binding” because the government would not be obliged to act on them.
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