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A Badly Missed Opportunity ... |
William Finnerty 
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A badly missed opportunity
by W. Finnerty Thu Oct 27, 2011 06:42
Today's two constitutional referendum votes ought to be have been (in my opinion) -- under the very clear, simple, and straightforward terms of Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann (the written Constitution of the Republic of Ireland) -- used for the purpose of enabling the people of the Republic of Ireland to have the "final" say on the two "common good" issues of: 1) bailing out the bankers in connection with their self-inflicted multi-trillion Euros "derivatives" gambling debts, and 2) the "great giveaway" of our untapped oil and gas resources (valued at 5.4 trillion Euros).
I will be voting "No" to the two constitutional referendum questions presented on today's ballot sheet: mostly because, in terms of priorities relating to the "common good" of the people of the Republic of Ireland, on October 27th 2011, I see them as totally inept choices for the citizens of the Republic of Ireland to be presented with: having due regard for the two closely related and extremely pressing issues referred to in the paragraph above.
For those who might not have seen it, the full text of Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann -- the highest law of the land -- reads as follows:
"All powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive, under God, from the people, whose right it is to designate the rulers of the State and, in final appeal, to decide all questions of national policy, according to the requirements of the common good."
Related link: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/PresidentialHopefuls/6October2011/Email.htm#Article_6.1
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The above text has been copied from the following Indymedia (Ireland) location:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100792#comment285202
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