Kim Dotcom's political party has managed to score only a bit more than 1.2% of the vote in New Zealand’s parliamentary elections. As such, the Internet party failed to enter the government, as 5% was required for a seat in Parliament. Kim Dotcom admitted that it was all his fault, attributing it to his “poisoned brand”.
Kim Dotcom launched his Internet Party early in 2014, planning to enter the New Zealand Parliament. He could not run for election himself, but could gain significant political power as the party’s president. When New Zealanders went to the election, they found
the Internet Party in the ballots in an alliance with the Mana Party. After voting booths closed, the provisional results revealed that Internet Mana failed to win a seat, collecting only 1.26% of the total vote. The result must be quite disappointing for Kim Dotcom who spent over $2 million on the election campaign.
Internet Mana became quite popular on the Internet in the recent time. Kim Dotcom actively campaigned against his arch-rival Prime Minister. In fact, a few days before the election, the Internet Party even arranged the “Moment of Truth” event, where Edward Snowden, Glen Greenwald and Julian Assange got the chance to criticize the country’s surveillance efforts. However, Key’s National Party became the overwhelming winner of the election, collecting almost 50% of all votes.
After the defeat, Kim Dotcom apologized to Mana leader Hone Harawira as well as the Maori people. In fact, Mr Harawira lost his Parliament seat following the results of election, and Kim Dotcom suggested it could be his fault. Dotcom also congratulated the Prime Minister on his win via his Twitter account.
In the meantime, the Internet Party leader Laila Harre pointed out that the party’s policy went unreported in the media, as the latter mostly focused on scandals and the dirty games played, rather than on the policy. Laila Harre also thanked Kim Dotcom for the provided chance to shake up NZ politics, saying that the online entrepreneur has became the symbol of Internet Mana, though the party failed to realize what impact this would have on the election campaign. Actually, this was hard to miss, as it’s been a 2-year campaign of vilification of Dotcom, which couldn’t go unnoticed in the campaign.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
Kim Dotcom launched his Internet Party early in 2014, planning to enter the New Zealand Parliament. He could not run for election himself, but could gain significant political power as the party’s president. When New Zealanders went to the election, they found
the Internet Party in the ballots in an alliance with the Mana Party. After voting booths closed, the provisional results revealed that Internet Mana failed to win a seat, collecting only 1.26% of the total vote. The result must be quite disappointing for Kim Dotcom who spent over $2 million on the election campaign.
Internet Mana became quite popular on the Internet in the recent time. Kim Dotcom actively campaigned against his arch-rival Prime Minister. In fact, a few days before the election, the Internet Party even arranged the “Moment of Truth” event, where Edward Snowden, Glen Greenwald and Julian Assange got the chance to criticize the country’s surveillance efforts. However, Key’s National Party became the overwhelming winner of the election, collecting almost 50% of all votes.
After the defeat, Kim Dotcom apologized to Mana leader Hone Harawira as well as the Maori people. In fact, Mr Harawira lost his Parliament seat following the results of election, and Kim Dotcom suggested it could be his fault. Dotcom also congratulated the Prime Minister on his win via his Twitter account.
In the meantime, the Internet Party leader Laila Harre pointed out that the party’s policy went unreported in the media, as the latter mostly focused on scandals and the dirty games played, rather than on the policy. Laila Harre also thanked Kim Dotcom for the provided chance to shake up NZ politics, saying that the online entrepreneur has became the symbol of Internet Mana, though the party failed to realize what impact this would have on the election campaign. Actually, this was hard to miss, as it’s been a 2-year campaign of vilification of Dotcom, which couldn’t go unnoticed in the campaign.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
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