avid
3rd June 2012, 19:14
Voters say yes to euro austerity rules
Dublin
IRELAND has backed the European Union's Fiscal Pact in the region's only referendum on a controversial treaty that locks the euro's austerity rules into national law.
Supporters of the ''yes'' movement, backed by the full weight of the government, trade unions and big business, won a clear victory with more than 60 per cent of the vote.
After a bad-tempered campaign marred by a lower-than-normal turnout and deep social divisions, ''no'' campaigners led by Sinn Fein conceded defeat.
Enda Kenny, the Prime Minister, hailed a result that would give the ''stability and certainty that investors need''. He added: ''The people of Ireland have taken another step on the road to economic recovery. Today has been a good day's work.''
Voters say YES??? How many voters participated out of the potential number of voters? The apathy of 'voters' NOT voting is growing to such an extent that anyone putting a cross on a ballot paper these days is deemed to be a major voter! With election fraud so manifest and so public how dare 'they' say "voters say yes". OK - get off your backsides and shelve the apathy and VOTE - have a very stringent counting system which cannot be corrupted and obviously noone is blackmailed in the counting process.... Why can dead people still vote in state elections? Who presses the 'power-cut' button during the counting process. No wonder we can't be bothered any more, but what is the MINIMUM percentage of voters required before there literally is a NO VOTE situation? Then what...?
Avid is quite annoyed by so-called 'democracy' in these fascist times....
Dublin
IRELAND has backed the European Union's Fiscal Pact in the region's only referendum on a controversial treaty that locks the euro's austerity rules into national law.
Supporters of the ''yes'' movement, backed by the full weight of the government, trade unions and big business, won a clear victory with more than 60 per cent of the vote.
After a bad-tempered campaign marred by a lower-than-normal turnout and deep social divisions, ''no'' campaigners led by Sinn Fein conceded defeat.
Enda Kenny, the Prime Minister, hailed a result that would give the ''stability and certainty that investors need''. He added: ''The people of Ireland have taken another step on the road to economic recovery. Today has been a good day's work.''
Voters say YES??? How many voters participated out of the potential number of voters? The apathy of 'voters' NOT voting is growing to such an extent that anyone putting a cross on a ballot paper these days is deemed to be a major voter! With election fraud so manifest and so public how dare 'they' say "voters say yes". OK - get off your backsides and shelve the apathy and VOTE - have a very stringent counting system which cannot be corrupted and obviously noone is blackmailed in the counting process.... Why can dead people still vote in state elections? Who presses the 'power-cut' button during the counting process. No wonder we can't be bothered any more, but what is the MINIMUM percentage of voters required before there literally is a NO VOTE situation? Then what...?
Avid is quite annoyed by so-called 'democracy' in these fascist times....