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éirígí attack plans for Lisbon 2 Referendum

category sligo | eu | press release author Tuesday June 23, 2009 20:42author by Sligo leftie - None Report this post to the editors

Sligo éirígí activist Gerry Casey has condemned the decision by Brian Cowen’s administration to hold a re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, which was democratically rejected last year.

Sligo éirígí activist Gerry Casey has condemned the decision by Brian Cowen’s administration to hold a re-run of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, which was democratically rejected last year.

Casey said the decision exposes the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the European Union and the contempt with which the political establishments in both Dublin and Brussels view the Irish people.

He said: “By ignoring the democratic decision of the Irish people last June to reject the Lisbon Treaty and by their decision to re-run the exact same referendum in October, the EU and the Brian Cowen’s administration have shown yet again the utter contempt with which they view the Irish people and the notion of democracy. From the time this Treaty was voted down, nothing whatsoever has been changed in it. Not a single paragraph, not a single word. The referendum the Irish people are being forced to vote for later this year will be exactly the same as that which they rejected last year.”

He added: “The so-called declarations and guarantees being given on certain issues are a red herring. They are meaningless and will have no legal force whatsoever as they will not be part of the Treaty itself. As such, they will not override the actual content of the Treaty. To put it simply, they will be meaningless political promises from untrustworthy politicians at both European and national level."

“Once again, this administration are attempting to bulldoze through, using a combination of coercion and deceit, a treaty that will further increase the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the EU. A vote for the Lisbon Treaty will further erode this state’s sovereignty, speeding up moves towards the creation of an EU super-state. The Treaty will see a further abandonment of the state’s neutrality as the militarisation of the EU will substantially increase, with moves towards an EU army intensifying and the establishment in the Treaty of the so-called mutual defence pact."

“The Treaty also continues to promote the right-wing ideology of greed over need, of privatisation and is fundamentally anti-worker, with negative consequences for the rights of workers, rights which need to be strengthened, not diminished. These are the very policies and values that have created the economic recession that we are currently in, that has led to massive unemployment, wage reductions, income levies and cuts in essential public services, such as health and education. For Irish workers to vote for Lisbon would be akin to turkeys voting for Christmas.”

Casey concluded: “Cowen and his colleagues have completely ignored the concerns of the Irish people over the Treaty. They have failed to secure any changes to it because they never once sought any changes to it. But Cowen and his cronies in Leinster House and in Brussels need to understand quite clearly that when we said No, we meant No. What part of No do these people not understand?”

http://eirigisligeach.blogspot.com/2009/06/eirigi-attac....html

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Lisbon two campaign     Helen    Tue Jun 23, 2009 21:33 
   Changing to vote Yes.     Erasmus O' Carroll    Wed Jun 24, 2009 03:29 
   erasmus     redder    Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:44 
   Of luxuries and different countries     MichaelY    Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:06 
   Competition is Good.     Pete.    Wed Jun 24, 2009 14:23 
   Helen     Watcher    Wed Jun 24, 2009 16:53 
   He's Still a member of the Peoples Movement     ray    Thu Jun 25, 2009 20:12 
   Ray     Mary D    Thu Jun 25, 2009 21:13 
   Mary     Ballytivnan rebel    Fri Jun 26, 2009 21:02 
 10   The EU and Lisbon 2     Sean Murtagh    Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:20 
 11   From éirígí website     Celia S    Sun Jul 05, 2009 14:54 


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