As Mr Carter said, this law change is the product of the paranoia of one member who simply wants the power to be able to fire his caucus as a consequence of his personal experience in 1996, and never in a democracy should our electoral law be dominated by one particular person's vendetta and experience. When this bill was introduced, it was exposed that every member of New Zealand First was required to sign a contract of $300,000 were they to leave that party, and that is equally unconscionable, as was displayed at that time.