Voters choosing president too risky: G-G
By Phillip Hudson | 14 June 2008
THE Governor-General, Michael Jeffery, says a directly elected president would be a "risk" to political stability and may lead to friction between the head of state and prime minister.
In an exclusive interview with the Herald, Major-General Jeffery broke his five-year silence on the republic debate by warning the community not to take for granted the structure that has worked for 100 years. After the failure of the 1999 republic referendum, which offered voters a president appointed by parliament, observers believe the option most likely to be put to voters next time will be the direct-election model.
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[Ed: You must really have to raise a din to break a silence at the Herald! By my reckoning Major General Jeffrey has been reported in the media commenting negatively about the republic every month for the last six. Check back issues of RR to confirm this.]
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