ALCP Launch Election Campaign September 11th
ALCP Launch Election Campaign September
11th
If elected, ALCP will establish medical,
industrial and recreational
cannabis industries worth
billions to New Zealand business the party's
leader
says.
The ALCP is holding its election year AGM and
Conference this coming
weekend.
Aotearoa Legalise
Cannabis Party leader Michael Appleby will launch
it's
2011 general election campaign on September 11 at
party
headquarters, (563 Worcester St
Christchurch).
The conference will be linked up, via web
conferencing, with other ALCP
branches including the
Auckland headquarters of the party – The Daktory.
A
Press conference will be held at Christchurch HQ at 4.20pm
on Sunday
September 11. It will be broadcast live on the
internet (at:
http://www.stickam.com/cannabisparty
)and will be available for
streaming soon after on http://www.alcp.org.nz
The media and public are invited to attend.
Mr Appleby said
this was the first time the ALCP had a realistic
chance
or reaching 5% of the party vote.
“We are
already polling above Mana and we have a lot of tricks up
our
sleeve to get votes,” he said.
“Social Media
has given the ALCP a big advantage over the other
parties
who are slower to adapt to the new
technology.”
Mr Appleby will be outlining the ALCP's
response to the recent Law
Commission Inquiry into the
Misuse of Drugs Act
1975.
ENDS