3 April 2014 - Whanganui MP Chester Borrows has been accused of \"misleading\" people at an anti Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement rally on Saturday by suggesting Parliament would have the final say on the controversial trade deal.

His political rival Hamish McDouall, Labour candidate for the seat that Mr Borrows currently holds for National, said the MP \"gave the impression Parliament gets the final say on the TPPA deal\".

\"I yelled out 'No, that's not how it works' because of the impression he was creating,\" said Mr McDouall, Wanganui's deputy mayor who was also a speaker at the rally at Majestic Square.

But yesterday Mr Borrows was sticking to his guns. \"I'm quite happy with the explanation I gave,\" he said.

The TPPA is being negotiated in secret with 11 other Asia-Pacific region countries by a Cabinet committee on behalf of New Zealand.

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