DHAKA: New Zealand prime minister John Key said on Monday he would press ahead with plans to hold a referendum to change the national flag following his election triumph.
The centre-right leader said he wanted the ballot next year on whether to ditch the current flag, which features the Union Jack of former colonial superpower Britain in one corner.
‘I’d like to get on with it, to me I’d like to do it as a 2015 issue,’ Key told commercial station Radio Live, reports The Straits Times.
‘I’m obviously a big supporter of the change, I think there are a lot of strong arguments in favour of the change.’
BDST: 1429 HRS, SEP 22, 2014
