Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Presidential Nominations: Motion

 

5:00 am

Photo of David NorrisDavid Norris (Independent)

This is a scandal and a disgrace. I am astonished that anybody can stand over it. In America, they like to say that anybody could be President of America. One can if one can buy it. It is going that way in this country too.

I am not making any retrospective claims for myself. In the future why should standing for office be a matter of how much money one has? Why should people from ordinary backgrounds be disenfranchised in this manner from the highest office in the State?

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