The attempts at a quick passage of the legislation were blocked by the opposition Civil party which used delaying tactics to slow the debate and passage of the bill.  Opposition leader Jennie Ne lambasted the prime minister for refusing to debate the bill.  'The honourable prime minister knew this strike would happen, had the legislation in place, and yet is refusing to debate the specifics on it.  He wins the election so now he can miss important debates at his leisure, how convenient'.

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'He wins the election so now he can miss important debates at his leisure...' 

-Opposition Leader Jennie Ne

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The prime minister when asked as he left parliament why he was leaving so early answered nonchalantly that, 'the opposition wishes to ruin the economy which is why they are not in power.  This problem was foreseen by me, and the legislation is in place so that when the event happened it would be dealt with appropriately.  It gives the unions a raise on an annual basis and provides more revenue sharing, while the corporations get to remove troublemakers from the job.  What is there to debate?'

Union leaders and those in the arms manufacturing industry both criticized and  praised different parts of the legislation.

Ne after the session was most critical of the performance of the prime minister however.  'He just does not seem to get it, workers will not stand for being removed from work for any reason at all, a little bribe will not help, workers are smarter than that'.

MP Kyle Roberts debates the specifics of the bill in the early morning hours at Parliament.