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Bangkok, Nov 27 (EFE).- Conservative Christopher Luxon, along with the ministers who will make up his cabinet, was sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand this Monday and stated that his Government’s main priority is to fix the country’s battered economy. , hard hit after covid-19 and high inflation.
Luxon, 53, leader of the National Party, won the elections last October and will be able to govern thanks to a triple alliance reached with the nationalist New Zealand First Party and the right-liberal Consumers and Consumers Association. Taxpayers (ACT).
In a ceremony today at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand Governor-General Cindy Kiro, who represents the British monarch, Charles III, as head of state, swore in, in addition to Luxon, the 20 members of the new cabinet, including ACT leader David Seymour and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
The now new prime minister noted that it is an “honor, privilege and enormous responsibility” to hold the position and, in statements to local media after the ceremony, he stressed that his priority will be to fix the economy, plagued by high levels of inflation.
He also reaffirmed that his Government will seek to “restore law and order”, in line with last week’s announcement that the coalition reached an agreement to “rewrite the Arms Law” following provisions to reform gun control introduced in 2020 in the wake of the supremacist attack in Christchurch in 2019.
Parliament in Wellington reopened its doors on Monday after a three-day recess and is expected to meet next week to debate and work on new policies.
The incoming government’s coalition agreements, published on Friday, outline a series of policy plans including, among other measures, a single mandate for the country’s Central Bank, a plan to roll back the use of the Maori language and the lifting of the prohibition of oil and gas exploration, measures that have caused rejection by part of the population.
The National Party’s victory in the election ended six years of Labor Party rule and this will be the first time in New Zealand’s history that three parties have formed a coalition, meaning they will all have representatives within the new cabinet.
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