On 30 January 2008, at 27, Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) at their world congress in the Dominican Republic for a two-year term until 2010

Am I mis-understanding this? New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was handed a note by a little girl? She thanks him? For supporting freedom? And he was there to support the government thugs who are oppressing people protesting in favor of freedom?
Was the girl poorly informed? Or is he just a liar?
Everything except addressing the complaints. They just look for better weaponry and tactics to harm the protesters.
” “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
John F Kennedy