Seanad debates
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Electoral Amendment Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed)
12:00 pm
Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)
-----that every party puts its policies before the people and the people decide. Is the Senator suggesting that the people were wrong in the most recent election? I would be happy to go along with that view if he believes they were. Sovereignty resides in the people and it is the people who ultimately make the decision. This old blather about our longevity in government is not a criticism of my party but a criticism of the people for making a free decision in a democratic fashion. I wish that argument went down a cul-de-sac and stayed there because it does not have any relevance. All it does-----
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