Who will stop the "public-servant" bullies?
"There is
only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government
pure and the governors honest, and that is
the people themselves. They
alone,
IF WELL INFORMED, are capable of preventing the
corruption of power, and of restoring the nation to its rightful course if it
should go astray. They alone are the safest depository of the ultimate powers of
government." (Copied from
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0350.htm
)
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Article
29.5.1 of Constitution
by W. Finnerty. Fri Apr 13, 2007
17:00
Copied from
above:
"There has been absolutely NO consultation about any of the
issues (i.e.
oil and gas reserves and sales), ..."
Allowing
for the fact that the Republic of Ireland signed the international
United
Nations "Aarhus Convention Agreement" in
1998, this "NO consultation"
business has to be COMPLETELY out of order (I believe). The basic principles of
the Aarhus Convention Agreement can be found via
http://www.google.com/search?q=Aarhus+Convention+Agreement&btnG=Google+Search
, and they include and depend on the following kind of very basic ideas and
arrangements:
1) "It links environmental rights
and human rights."
2) "It links government
accountability and environmental
protection."
3) "The subject of the Aarhus
Convention goes to the heart of the relationship between people and
governments."
After signing the Aarhus Convention
Agreement in 1998, and after reaping the huge financial benefits involved (i.e.
billions of Euros), all three of the main branches of the Republic of Ireland
government (
Legislative,
Government, and
Judiciary) then
appear to have done
EVERYTHING they possibly could to
HIDE the
"Aarhus Agreement " information from the voters, as they all continue to do to
this day: and with the full support and backing of the "establishment" media it
seems. Some further information on these points, which includes mention of the
way
the entire government is BLATANTLY violating Article 29.5.1 of Bunreacht
na hEireann (the Constitution of the Republic of Ireland) regarding this
issue of the Aarhus Convention Agreement can be found at
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=72344&condense_comments=false#comment134512
.
Finally, and with the
2007 GENERAL ELECTION in mind, a few
words ("cupla focal") from the late, great "legal maestro" himself, who was also
a linguist, and who actually learned to translate at least one ancient Irish
folk tale for himself it seems ("Oisin in Tir na nOg"):
"To secure
these inalienable rights to
life,
liberty, and
the pursuit of
happiness, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers
from the
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. Whenever any form of government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it,
and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness." --Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence,
1776. ME 1:29, Papers 1:429 (For context see:
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0150.htm
)
Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81757&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment189489 ==============================
The
above text has been copied from the following
Indymedia (Ireland)
location:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81934&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment189910 ==================
Some
Republic of Ireland
VOTERS may be interested to know that numerous
efforts have been made to try and remedy the unlawful situation regarding
Article 29.5.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann (the Constitution of the Republic of
Ireland), and the way the Aarhus Convention Agreement is not "
being laid
before Dail Eireann" (the Republic of Ireland Parliament). One of
several such attempts can be viewed at the following address:
http://www.constitutionofireland.com/OireachtasMembers.htm
.
