Simon O'Connor

**Simon David O'Connor** (an haife shi 25 Fabrairu 1976) ɗan siyasan New Zealand ne kuma tsohon memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta New Zealand na Jam'iyyar Ƙasa . Ya wakilci mazaɓar Tāmaki daga 2011 zuwa 2023.

## Rayuwar farko
O'Connor ya girma a Whangārei, babban cikin yara uku, inda ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta St Mary da Kwalejin Pompallier. Ya kasance mai kishin shinge kuma ya kasance shugaban ƙungiyar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Jami'ar Auckland.

O'Connor ya kammala horon zama firist na Katolika, wanda ya haɗa da yin aiki a tsibirin Taveuni a Fiji na tsawon shekaru biyu a cibiyar horar da sana'a, limamin kurkuku a gidan yari na Dutsen Eden, limamin soja a Waiouru Army Base, da kuma ba da lokaci tare da mutane a cikin asibitoci da asibitoci . Bai nemi nadawa ba, ya yanke shawarar maimakon ya yi karatu da neman aiki a siyasa. 

O'Connor ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Auckland tare da Bachelor of Arts a Geography da Nazarin Siyasa (littafinsa na Nazarin Siyasa na Girmamawa ya kalli ayyukan René Girard ), Bachelor of Theology, da Jagora na Arts tare da Daraja na Farko (Siyasa). Karatu). Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin manajan kwangila na Southern Cross Insurance. 

O'Connor shi ne shugaban Masarautar New Zealand tsakanin 2010 da 2012 kuma ya kasance. mamban kwamitin.

## Sana'ar siyasa

O'Connor ya shiga cikin Jam'iyyar ta Kasa tun 2005. Ya kasance mataimakin shugaban jam’iyyar na yankin Arewa kafin ya nemi takarar jam’iyyar ta ƙasa a zaɓen Maungakiekie a shekarar 2008. Ya yi rashin nasara a zaɓen Sam Lotu-Iiga, wanda ya ci gaba da lashe kujerar, amma an nada O'Connor a matsayin dan takara na jerin sunayen 'yan takara na babban zaɓen shekarar 2008, ya kasance na 72nd. 

An zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan takarar jam’iyyar a zaɓen Tāmaki bayan ficewar ɗan majalisa Allan Peachey jim kaɗan kafin zaben 2011 kuma aka zaɓe shi a majalisa.   A wa'adinsa na farko, ya kasance memba na kwamitin ilimi da kimiyya da kwamitin harkokin sufuri da masana'antu, kuma mataimakin shugaban kwamitin kuɗi da kashe kuɗi .  O'Connor ya gudanar da zaɓensa a babban zaɓe na 2014 . A wa'adinsa na biyu, ya jagoranci kwamitin lafiya.  A lokacin da yake shugabantar kwamitin, kwamitin ya gudanar da wani bincike a kan kauyanci wanda bai kawo wani sauyi ga dokar ba. 

An sake zaɓen O'Connor a duka babban zaɓen 2017 da babban zaɓen 2020 .   Ƙasar ta kasance cikin adawa bayan waɗannan zaɓukan biyu. O'Connor ya rike muƙamai daban-daban na kakakin jam'iyyar na kasa a wannan lokacin, gami da gyare-gyare (2017 zuwa 2023), kwastan (2018 zuwa 2023), zane-zane, al'adu da al'adun gargajiya (2020 zuwa 2023) da harkokin cikin gida (lokaci biyu daban-daban a cikin 2021 da 2023) .  A takaice ya yi murabus daga muƙaminsa a ƙarshen shekarar 2021 lokacin da shugaban ƙasa Judith Collins ya sauke surukinsa, Simon Bridges .  Ya jagoranci kwamitin harkokin waje, tsaro da kasuwanci daga 2017 zuwa 2020 kuma ya kasance memba a kwamitin shari'a daga 2021 zuwa 2023.  

### Rashin nasara a babban zaɓen 2023
A ranar 30 ga Satumba 2022, an ba da rahoton cewa wasu mutane uku da ba a san ko su waye ba sun ƙaddamar da kamfen don maye gurbin O'Connor a matsayin dan takarar Tāmaki na jam'iyyar Nationalasa a babban zaɓen New Zealand na 2023 .  A ranar 21 ga Oktoba, an gano masu kalubalantar O'Connor a matsayin lauya Andrew Grant da mai gidan abinci Sang Cho. Grant ya fito fili ya nuna adawa da maganganun "tsauri kan aikata laifuka".  Daga ƙarshe, ƙalubalen bai yi nasara ba kuma an tabbatar da O'Connor a matsayin ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Tāmaki na ƙasa a taron jam'iyyar a watan Nuwamba 2022. 

A ƙarshen Afrilu 2023, ACT New Zealand ta tabbatar da cewa mataimakin shugabanta Brooke van Velden zai tsaya takarar O'Connor's Tāmaki zaɓe a cikin kamfen "kassai biyu" yayin babban zaɓe na 2023. Shugaban ACT David Seymour ya buga ra'ayin O'Connor na ra'ayin mazan jiya game da zubar da ciki da euthanasia a matsayin abubuwan da ke cikin shawarar ACT na yin takara da O'Connor da gaske.  A watan Agustan 2023, jam'iyyar ta kasa ta fitar da jerin sunayen jam'iyyunta na zaben. Matsayin O'Connor ya kasance 54th, ƙasa daga 35th a cikin 2020.  Kuri'ar jin ra'ayin jama'a da aka fitar a ranar 2 ga Oktoba ta nuna van Velden yana daure da O'Connor.  A sakamakon ƙarshe, van Velden ya samu ƙuri'u 4,158.  Saboda ƙarancin jerin sunayen O'Connor, bai cancanci komawa Majalisa ba. 

## Bayan siyasa

### Da'awar PRC hacking
A cikin Afrilu 2024, New Zealand ta ba da siginar hukumar leƙen asirin Hukumar Tsaro ta Sadarwa ta Gwamnati (GCSB) ta yarda cewa sun san cewa China ta yi wa O'Connor hari a wani yunƙurin kutse na kwamfuta - tare da ɗan'uwan tsohon MP Loiusa Wall, da kuma jami'a. Farfesa Anne-Marie Brady - amma ta kasa taƙaita duk wani hari. O'Connor ya ce ya ji takaicin yadda GCSB ba ta gaya masa da sauran wadanda abin ya shafa ba, kamar yadda: "...Da na yi tunanin sanar da ni zai zama wani mataki na musamman na hana duk wani kutse." O'Connor ya kuma nuna damuwa "... Yawancin waɗannan bayanan sun zama jama'a ta hanyar Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka ... duk da haka hukumomin New Zealand har yanzu ba su tuntuɓar mu ba [wanda] ke yin ƙarin tambayoyi. " 

Ministan da ke kula da GCSB, Honarabul Judith Collins KC, a farkon watan Maris, ya fitar da wata sanarwa, inda ya danganta dai-daita tsarin hidimar majalisar dokoki da ofishin shawarwarin majalisa ga ƙungiyar APT40 mai alaka da gwamnatin ƙasar Sin, inda ta bayyana yadda ake amfani da leken asiri ta yanar gizo wajen " tsoma baki cikin tsarin dimokuradiyya. da cibiyoyi ..." a matsayin "wanda ba a yarda da shi ba". Ko da yake Collins bai ambaci sunan O'Connor, Wall, ko Brady kamar yadda aka yi niyya ba a wancan lokacin. 

### Mai sharhi mai ra'ayin mazan jiya da podcaster
A wata hira da aka yi da gidan rediyon Intanet Reality Check Radio tare da tsohon MP kuma minista Rodney Hide, O'Connor ya sanar da cewa yana da alaƙa da ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na Kiristanci na Family First .  Farkon Iyali ya fito a kan labarai na 14 ga Mayu 2024 cewa O'Connor zai ɗauki bakuncin kwasfan mako-mako, kai tsaye a kan dandamali masu yawo da yawa, mai suna *Solid Ground* .  A cikin wani tirela na tallatawa na shirin, O'Connor ya ce shi ne don ba da damar tattaunawa kan: "Kyakkyawan dabi'u, kyawawan ɗabi'u, kyawawan ƙa'idojin." 

Daga baya *Jaridar New Zealand Herald* ta ba da rahoton cewa O'Connor ya shirya yin magana a mai zuwa "marasa hankali: Middle New Zealand kan akida" a Wellington 's Tākina Convention Center a ranar 18 ga Mayu tare da Wanda ya kafa Iyali na Farko kuma Daraktan Ƙasa Bob McCoskrie da Shugaban Cocin Destiny Brian. Tamaki . Cibiyar Taro ta Te Papa Museum da Majalisar Birnin Wellington mallakar kuma ke sarrafa ta. Kungiyoyin masu zanga-zangar Queer Endurance In Defiance da Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition sun yi tir da taron bisa zargin yada cutar ta hanyar nuna kyama kuma sun ce tana tuntuɓar majalisar ne domin ta soke taron bisa dalilan tsaro. Yayin da dan majalisar birnin Wellington Māori Ward Nīkau Wi Neera ya yi kira da a soke taron, shugaban zartarwa na ƙungiyar 'yancin magana ta New Zealand Jonathan Ayling ya kare taron bisa dalilan 'yancin faɗin albarkacin baki. 

Bayan nazarin aminci, Te Papa ya ƙyale taron ya ci gaba, amma ya ce zai sa ido kan lamarin tare da nuna goyon baya ga al'ummar LGBT. O'Connor ya yi magana a taron da ba a yi shiru ba tare da Tamaki da ɗan gwagwarmayar Burtaniya Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (wanda ya shiga ta hanyar haɗin bidiyo). Mutane 360 ne suka halarci taron da ba a yi shiru ba yayin da zanga-zangar da Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition and Queer Endurance in Defiance suka shirya ya jawo hankalin mutane 500. 

## Matsayin siyasa

### Tasirin jam'iyyar kwaminisanci ta ƙasar Sin
A shekarar 2020, O'Connor ya zama mataimakin shugaban kungiyar Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), kungiyar 'yan majalisar dokoki ta kasa da kasa da ke kokarin yin gyare-gyare kan yadda ƙasashen dimokuradiyya ke tunkarar ƙasar Sin, musamman jam'iyyar kwaminis ta ƙasar Sin (CCP).  A watan Disamba na shekarar 2020, shi da mamban kungiyar IPAC Louisa Wall, sun bukaci New Zealand da ta yi kakkausar suka ga zargin "hukunce-hukuncen diflomasiyya" na ƙasar Sin da kuma tallafa wa Ostireliya ta fuskar diflomasiyya da tattalin arziki daga kasar Sin.  A watan Agustan shekarar 2022, O'Connor, dan jam'iyyar Labour MP Ingrid Leary, da sauran mambobin kungiyar daga Ostiraliya, Indiya da Japan sun ƙaddamar da wani sabon babi na Indo-Pacific na gida don mai da hankali kan karuwar sojojin ƙasar Sin a wannan yanki. 

O'Connor, yayin da Shugaban Kwamitin Harkokin Waje, Tsaro, da Kasuwanci na New Zealand ya shiga tare da takwarorinsa na kwamitocin kwamitocin Burtaniya ( Tom Tugendhat ), Kanada ( Michael Levitt ), da Ostiraliya ( David Fawcett ) a cikin rubuta wasiƙar haɗin gwiwa. Sakatare-Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya António Guterres yana neman ya naɗa manzo na musamman na kare hakkin bil adama don sa ido kan Hong Kong dangane da kafa sabuwar dokar tsaron ƙasar Sin. 

A lokacin 2022, a matsayin masu gudanar da kujeru na IPAC, O'Connor da Leary sun sami bayanai game da yarjejeniyar tsaro ta tsibirin Solomon da Sin kuma sun nuna damuwa game da fadada sojojin Sin a cikin tekun Pacific. 

A cikin 2023, O'Connor ya yi Tambayoyin Rubuce-rubuce na Majalisa yana neman bayani game da tura kyamarorin da Sinawa ke yi a ofisoshin gwamnatin New Zealand.  Rahoton sakamakon na baya-bayan nan ya nuna kyamarorin 120 da kamfanoni ke da alaƙa da CCP, waɗanda aka riga aka dakatar da su daga gine-ginen gwamnatin Biritaniya, an sanya su a cikin harabar gwamnatin New Zealand - ciki har da a gidan wani ɗan majalisa da ba a bayyana sunansa ba. 

O'Connor ya rubuta wa wakilan Bytedance, masu mallakar dandalin watsa labarun TikTok, yana tambaya game da sirrin bayanan New Zealanders. Daga baya ya yi maraba da shawarar da Ma'aikatar Majalisar ta New Zealand ta yanke na hana Tiktok a kan duk wani na'ura da ke da alaƙa da cibiyar sadarwar majalisar saboda haɗarin yin sulhu da dandamalin da ke tattare da mahimman bayanai. 

Kafofin yada labarai sun ruwaito cewa O'Connor na da hannu wajen taimaka wa wani da ya sauya sheka daga karamin ofishin jakadancin kasar Sin da ke Auckland, wanda aka bayar da rahoton cewa shi ne wanda ya sauya sheka zuwa New Zealand tun bayan karshen yakin cacar baka. 

Yayin da yake jagorantar kungiyar IPAC, O'Connor ya yi kira ga gwamnati da ta kawar da batun mika 'yan kasar New Zealand zuwa Ƙasar Sin; don kafa tsarin biza na musamman ga Hong Kong; da kuma fara gudanar da bincike kan yadda ake mu'amala da 'yan Ƙabilar Uygur a lardin Xinjiang na ƙasar Sin..

### Taiwan
O'Connor ya kasance mai goyon bayan Taiwan. A cikin Maris 2023, ya kafa rukunin Majalisar Dokokin Jam'iyya na farko a Taiwan a cikin Majalisar New Zealand, kasancewarsa babban shugaba tare da Labour's Ingrid Leary tare da kusan wasu 'yan majalisa 15.  A watan Nuwamban shekarar 2023, gwamnatin Taiwan ta gayyaci O'Connor da ya ziyarci Taipei, ya kuma gana da shugaba Tsai Ing-wen, da ministan harkokin wajen kasar Joseph Wu, da sauran manyan wakilan siyasa a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin ƙungiyar Indo-Pacific Formosa. 

### Haƙƙin ɗan adam na duniya
O'Connor ya yi kira ga New Zealand don gabatar da tsarin takunkumi irin na Magnitsky a New Zealand. Ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da Bill Browder - Shugaban kamfen na Adalci na Duniya na Magnitsky - kuma Browder ya amince da ƙoƙarinsa a cikin littafinsa na *Freezing Order.* 

O'Connor kuma ya shiga tare da 'yar majalisar wakilai Louisa Wall don yin kira ga New Zealand don gabatar da dokar bautar zamani . A lokacin Majalisa ta 53 O'Connor ta gabatar, a matsayinta na memba, Dokar Bayar da Bauta ta Zamani.  Ba a zana wannan ma'aunin daga katin jefa ƙuri'a ba.

A cikin 2022, O'Connor ya haɗu da sauran zaɓaɓɓun wakilai daga ko'ina cikin duniya a Washington DC a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Task Force na Majalisar Dokoki don Yaƙar Antisemitism akan layi. A yayin sauraron ƙarar, shi da sauran wakilai sun yi tambaya Meta, Twitter, YouTube da TikTok game da cire abubuwan antisemitic daga dandamali na dijital. 

A watan Yunin 2023, O'Connor ya yi maraba da Sikyong na Tibet (wanda aka zaɓa bisa tafarkin dimokradiyya), Penpa Tsering, zuwa Majalisar New Zealand kuma ya shirya masa abincin rana tare da wasu 'yan majalisar da dama. Tsering ya nuna rashin jin dadinsa da cewa ministan harkokin wajen ƙasar Nanaia Mahuta ya ki ganawa da shi.

Daga baya a cikin 2023, O'Connor ya kalubalanci Jakadan Iran a New Zealand Reza Nazarahari game da murkushe zanga-zangar da aka yi a lokacin da Jakadan ya halarci wani zaɓaɓɓen kwamiti a majalisar. O'Connor ya soki yadda Iran ke tsare da wasu 'yan kasar New Zealand biyu, Topher Richwhite da Bridget Thackwray, waɗanda aka tsare kusan watanni hudu ba tare da an tuhume su ba kafin a sake su.  O'Connor ya kuma shiga zanga-zanga da dama don nuna adawa da murkushe zaluncin gwamnatin da Iraniyawa suka shirya a New Zealand. 

### kuri'un lamiri
O'Connor ya jefa kuri'a cikin ra'ayin mazan jiya akan yawancin lamurra, kodayake ya yi adawa da haɓaka shekarun shan giya zuwa 20 a cikin 2012 kuma ya goyi bayan gabatarwar kasuwancin Ista Lahadi.

Ƙuri'un da ya yi a kan muhimman batutuwan lamiri sune:

* a kan haɓaka shekarun sha daga 18 a cikin 2012;
* da Dokar Aure (Ma'anar Aure) Gyara a cikin 2013, lissafin da ke ba da damar ma'auratan jinsi guda su yi aure a New Zealand; 
* adawa da canza tutar New Zealand yayin zaɓen raba gardama na tutar New Zealand na 2015–2016 ; 
* a goyan bayan lissafin don ba da izinin ciniki na Lahadi na Easter a cikin 2016; 
* da Ƙarshen Ƙarshen Ƙarshen Rayuwa a cikin 2017 da 2019; 
* a kan dokar zubar da ciki a 2019 da 2020; kuma
* a kan Dokar Hana Ayyukan Canje-canje a cikin 2022.

 A ranar 10 ga Satumba 2017, makonni biyu kafin babban zaben da kuma ranar rigakafin kisan kai ta duniya, O'Connor ya soki shugabar Labour Jacinda Ardern saboda "damuwa da kashe kansa na matasa" amma yana da farin cikin karfafa kashe kansa na tsofaffi, nakasassu, da marasa lafiya" ta hanyar goyon bayanta na Ƙarshen Rayuwa na Ƙarshen Rayuwa . 

A cikin Maris 2020, ya jawo hankali ga wata sanarwa da ya yi a matsayin wani ɓangare na jawabinsa na adawa da karatu na uku na Dokar Zubar da ciki, inda ya maimaita magana daga Littafi Mai Tsarki a Latin: "Mihi vindicta: ego retribuam, dicit Dominus, "Wanda aka fassara da "Ramuwa tawa ce.” 

A ƙarshen Yuni 2022, O'Connor ya buga wani sakon Facebook yana maraba da hukuncin Kotun Ƙoli ta Amurka na Roe v. Wade . Daga bisani ya sauke mukamin ne bayan shugaban jam'iyyar National Party Christopher Luxon ya bayyana cewa mukamin yana haifar da damuwa kuma ba ya wakiltar matsayin jam'iyyar kan zubar da ciki.  Dangane da cece-kucen da aka yi a kan gidan O'Connor, mazauna Tāmaki da yawa sun yi kira ga O'Connor ya yi murabus a matsayin ɗan majalisarsu.  Sabanin haka, tsohon dan majalisar dokokin ƙasar Alfred Ngaro ya kare ‘yancin fadin albarkacin bakinsa na O’Connor ya kuma zargi Luxon da yin shiru ga ‘yan majalisar dokokin kasar.  A ranar 28 ga watan Yuni, O'Connor ya nemi afuwar abokan aikinsa na Jam'iyyar National Party saboda rauni da damuwa da sakonsa na Facebook ya haifar. Ya musanta cewa Luxon ya “daure shi” kuma ya bayyana cewa ya yi tayin sauke mukamin ne saboda ya jawo kalaman “mai guba da rashin lafiya”. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A ranar 10 ga Disamba 2016, O'Connor ya auri Rachel Trimble, 'yar'uwar 'yar majalisar wakilai ta kasa Simon Bridges,   kuma tana da 'ya'ya biyar.

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* 
* Profile  at the New Zealand Parliament website
* On Point podcast