Thursday, 20 March 2008

Roger Douglas will not be a minister under National says Key

The National Party leader, John Key, has rejected the former finance minister Sir Roger Douglas as a possible cabinet minister should National lead the next government.

Sir Roger has declared he would want to be a minister if the ACT Party went into coalition with National after the election.

However, Mr Key says he will lead a centre-right government, not one pursuing the hard right policies of Sir Roger.

On Wednesday night, National also selected the former ACT MP Stephen Franks as its candidate for Wellington Central, but Mr Key says Mr Franks is committed to National's moderate approach to policy.

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