Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has failed to learn from his very public mistake of granting residency to a convicted drug-dealer, this time granting residency to a convicted drink driver, National’s Justice spokesperson Mark Mitchell says.
“Serious questions need to be answered by the Minister about what appears to be another decision to grant residency to a person convicted of drink driving six times, and driving without a licence twice.
“While we don’t know all the details, we know we can’t trust Iain Lees-Galloway.
“This is the Minister who has never explained why he gave residency to convicted drug dealer Karel Sroubek, and now he won’t say why he has given residency to this person. We hope he spent more than 45 minutes reviewing the case, and that he read the case file entirely this time.
“What steps did the Minister take to ensure New Zealanders are being kept safe from this person, or did he just sign the file and not take any steps to ensure the safety of New Zealanders.
