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Press Release: Dáil Vote will not give IMF/ECB
deal political legitimacy – 1% Network
national | anti-capitalism
| press release
Wednesday December 15, 2010 08:29
by 1percentnetwork - 1percentnetwork
“If Brian Lenihan and Brian Cowen really
do believe that this deal is in the national interest, they should put
it to a referendum of the people,” - Brian Leeson.
Press Release: Dáil Vote will not give IMF/ECB deal
political legitimacy – 1% Network
“If Brian Lenihan and Brian Cowen
really do believe that this deal is in the national interest, they should
put it to a referendum of the people,” Brian Leeson.
The 1%
Network has sharply criticised the government for claiming that a vote by
Dáil Éireann to approve the IMF-ECB deal would give it ‘political
legitimacy’.
“Politicians from every political party know that this
deal does not have the support or approval of the vast majority of Irish
people,” said Brian Leeson, spokesperson for the 1% Network. “Just because
a group of politicians vote for it in Leinster House won’t give the deal
any degree of so-called ‘political legitimacy’”.
“If the
politicians had any real interest in finding out the people’s view of this
deal they’d put it to a referendum. They’re not going to do that because
they’re afraid to do so,” said Gregor Kerr of the 1% Network. “When the
people in Iceland were given an opportunity to vote in a debt repayment
referendum in March of this year, 93% of them voted against the
government’s plans to bailout the banks and only 1.8% voted in favour. If
a referendum were held in Ireland, there is no doubt that the result would
be very similar here.”
“The 1% Network have consistently made the
point that the fact that 1% of the population own 34% of the wealth gives
that 1% access to and control of political power in the state,” Brian
Leeson continued. “We have stated that the wealthy investors – both Irish
and foreign – who gambled in the Irish property boom should have to take
their losses – just as they took their profits. It is wrong both
politically and morally that their losses should be transferred onto the
shoulders of ordinary Irish people. This deal with the IMF and the ECB is
only in the interests of the ultra wealthy.”
“What will happen in
the Dáil on Wednesday is a total sham,” went on Gregor Kerr. “Indeed the
whole of Irish political life currently is a sham. A Dáil approval of this
so-called bailout will not give it any legitimacy. And when the general
election is held in February or March the people will not have any real
choice. The option of rejecting this deal and forcing the loan sharks and
bondholders to take their losses will not be put before the
people.”
“If Brian Lenihan and Brian Cowen really do believe that
this deal is in the national interest, they should put it to a referendum
of the people,” Brian Leeson concluded. “They won’t do so because they
know that in reality it would only have the support of the wealthy 1%, and
that the vast majority of the Irish population would reject it
outright.”
Statement Ends
Note to Editor: The 1% network is
a coalition of socialist groups which has come together to oppose the
cutback agenda of the government and to promote a socialist alternative to
the current socio-economic system. Organisations within the coalition
include éirígí, Irish Socialist Network, Seomra Spraoi and the Workers
Solidarity Movement. The name of the coalition was chosen to highlight the
fact that just 1% of the population control in excess of 34% of the wealth
of the state.
For more information, contact Gregor Kerr 086 1501151
or Brian Leeson 086 8071010 or log onto www.onepercentnetwork.org
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7In my view, the voters of the Republic of Ireland now 1) need to calmly and quietly identify all of the TDs who voted in favour of the €85 billion EU-IMF bailout package yesterday in the Dáil Eireann, for the purpose of paying off (at tax-payers expense) what is possibly just a very, very tiny fraction of the self-inflicted mountain of gambling debts the bankers have created for themselves in dozens (possibly hundreds?) of jurisdictions all around the world.
2) We need to accurately identify all those (if any) who abstained -- for no good reason -- in yesterday's Dáil vote.
3) We then need to do everything that is peacefully and legally possible to try to ensure that all those who voted in favour of the €85 billion EU-IMF bailout package yesterday, or who abstained from voting for no good reason, are not re-elected as TDs in the coming general election in the Republic of Ireland, which it seems will be taking place sometime within the coming three months or so.
Is there -- these days -- any easy, accurate, and controversial-free way of finding out who exactly voted which way (or abstained from voting) yesterday in Dáil Eireann, regarding the €85 billion EU-IMF bailout?
and to add to the list above...
All those TDs who voted against the package because they know it was going to be agreed anyway. Allowed them a handy out and they'll come knocking on our doors pretending to be on our side.
Link to the debate on the IMF deal in Leinster House yesterday - list of those who voted for and against is listed at the end of the page
http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2010/12/15/00010.asp
TDs who voted "Tá" ("Yes") to the IMF/ECB bailout package on Wednesday December 15th 2010:
Ahern, Bertie. Ahern, Dermot.
Ahern, Michael. Ahern, Noel.
Andrews, Barry. Andrews, Chris.
Ardagh, Seán. Aylward, Bobby.
Behan, Joe. Blaney, Niall.
Brady, Áine. Brady, Cyprian.
Brady, Johnny. Browne, John.
Byrne, Thomas. Calleary, Dara.
Carey, Pat. Collins, Niall.
Conlon, Margaret. Connick, Seán.
Coughlan, Mary. Cowen, Brian.
Cregan, John. Cuffe, Ciarán.
Curran, John. Dempsey, Noel.
Devins, Jimmy. Dooley, Timmy.
Fahey, Frank. Finneran, Michael.
Fitzpatrick, Michael. Fleming, Seán.
Flynn, Beverley. Gogarty, Paul.
Gormley, John. Hanafin, Mary.
Harney, Mary. Haughey, Seán.
Healy-Rae, Jackie. Hoctor, Máire.
Kelleher, Billy. Kelly, Peter.
Kenneally, Brendan. Kennedy, Michael.
Killeen, Tony. Kitt, Michael P.
Kitt, Tom. Lenihan, Brian.
Lenihan, Conor. Lowry, Michael.
McEllistrim, Thomas. McGrath, Michael.
McGuinness, John. Mansergh, Martin.
Martin, Micheál. Moloney, John.
Moynihan, Michael. Mulcahy, Michael.
Nolan, M.J. Ó Cuív, Éamon.
Ó Fearghaíl, Seán. O’Brien, Darragh.
O’Connor, Charlie. O’Donoghue, John.
O’Flynn, Noel. O’Hanlon, Rory.
O’Keeffe, Batt. O’Keeffe, Edward.
O’Rourke, Mary. O’Sullivan, Christy.
Power, Peter. Power, Seán.
Roche, Dick. Ryan, Eamon.
Sargent, Trevor. Scanlon, Eamon.
Smith, Brendan. Treacy, Noel.
Wallace, Mary. White, Mary Alexandra.
Woods, Michael.
The above list has been copied from government web site at http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2010/12/15/00010.asp
Who abstained or did not vote?
What about the former minister for war, he is not mentioned, did he abstain?
This might be a very good time -- and perhaps the last real opportunity to do something of significance to prevent further dangerous developments -- for the people of the Republic of Ireland to consider very seriously the views, concerns, and the efforts of Congressman Louis T. McFadden of Pennsylvania, to try and prevent the horrors connected with money loans of the kind 81 of our TDs voted in favour of on December 15th 2010.
A few excerpts from some of Congressman McFadden's many well documented speeches to the United States House of Representatives regarding such matters are provided below:
"Mr. Chairman, we have in this Country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Banks, hereinafter called the Fed."
"This evil institution has impoverished and ruined the people of these United States, has bankrupted itself, and has practically bankrupted our Government. It has done this through the defects of the law under which it operates, through the maladministration of that law by the Fed and through the corrupt practices of the moneyed vultures who control it."
"In that dark crew of financial pirates there are those who would cut a man's throat to get a dollar out of his pocket; there are those who send money into states to buy votes to control our legislatures; there are those who maintain International propaganda for the purpose of deceiving us into granting of new concessions which will permit them to cover up their past misdeeds and set again in motion their gigantic train of crime."
All three of the above excerpts have been copied from a much larger piece of text at the following address:
http://hiwaay.net/~becraft/mcfadden.html
As far as I know, and although a few people have tried very hard, to date nobody has succeeded in stopping the "gigantic train of crime" (connected with money lending of the kind in question) referred to above in the final excerpt.