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Is The Lisbon Re-run an Abuse of Democracy?
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Monday December 22, 2008 12:33 by cock roach
Interesting head to head poll in the Times today- Mary Lou McDonald explains that is the same dinner, warmed up and stuck on a different plate, while Dick Roche tries to tell us that all Irish concerns have been met. Irish Times head to head poll |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Governments can go back to the people as many times as they like.
If the people vote in favour of the Lisbon Treaty in a rerun that's democracy.
If the people want to reject it a second time that's democracy.
The Lisbon Treaty cannot go through without the consent of the people.
So a rerun is absolutely 100% democratic.
So Dave, if its Yes this time can we make it the best out of three? Democracy and all that. Just because a Government is legally entitled to carry out a particular act doesn't make that act inherently democratic. Beverley Cooper Flynn was technically entitled to keep her €40 k expenses but it wasn't right that she should. Or perhaps you disagree?