The Prime Minister needs to explain why New Zealand has committed millions of dollars in aid to Libya, says Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Maryan Street. "Earlier this week Mr Key gushed that we would be sending millions of dollars in aid to Libya, yet he failed to say why we would choose to do that or which part of the aid budget the money would come from. "There are all sorts of questions he needs to answer. Our aid priority has been the Pacific and Labour has supported that. Does this latest commitment mean that the currently reducing aid budget is now to be diverted away from our needy neighbours and put into a North African country which has billions in frozen reserves? Why? "Five weeks ago Murray McCully promised $2 million to feed drought-stricken people in the Horn of Africa. Today we have aid agencies asking where that money is. Why is the Prime Minister offering millions to an oil-rich country when millions of people are starving?
The Prime Minister needs to explain why New Zealand has committed millions of dollars in aid to Libya, says Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Maryan Street. "Earlier this week Mr Key gushed that we would be sending millions of dollars in aid to Libya, yet he failed to say why we would choose to do that or which part of the aid budget the money would come from. "There are all sorts of questions he needs to answer. Our aid priority has been the Pacific and Labour has supported that. Does this latest commitment mean that the currently reducing aid budget is now to be diverted away from our needy neighbours and put into a North African country which has billions in frozen reserves? Why? "Five weeks ago Murray McCully promised $2 million to feed drought-stricken people in the Horn of Africa. Today we have aid agencies asking where that money is. Why is the Prime Minister offering millions to an oil-rich country when millions of people are starving?