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Seymour said people wanted to see a government that can roll up its sleeve and make the changes they had voted for.<\/p>\n
“That is why ACT is here, we’re grateful for the support, we can’t wait to get stuck in and go to work.”<\/p>\n
He says the government formation could take perhaps less than a week, but the change that requires National and ACT to include a third party may change the dynamic.<\/p>\n
“We’ve worked very hard with the Nats, we’ve reached out to New Zealand First in the past three weeks and we hope that we’ll be able to have a rapid and productive discussion between the three parties.<\/p>\n
“ACT and National have worked pretty hard on what a deal between us looks like, we anticipate that we will sit down with all three parties – I expect at some point next week. We’ve also separately reached out to New Zealand First.”<\/p>\n
But he said NZ First and leader Winston Peters have not responded to their approaches.<\/p>\n
While Seymour had previously said he would not sit around the Cabinet table with Peters, he now said he could.<\/p>\n
“Yes, I think that’s possible.”<\/p>\n
He said he did not regret his comments during the campaign that Peters was the most untrustworthy politician and that he would not sit around the Cabinet table with him.<\/p>\n
“I said that at a time when it appeared unlikely that we’d get to this particular point and now we’re here we’ve got to respect the will of the voters. But what I said is still true and unfortunately we’ll do our best to deliver the chnage that people want.”<\/p>\n
He said working with Peters in Cabinet would not be breaking a promise to the public, “because ultimately what people want is better results from policy, they want solutions to their various challenges. That’s what we’re committed to delivering”.<\/p>\n
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