An e-mail received from Kathy Sinnott, former MEP:

Dear Friends,

I have just finished reading through the party manifestos of Labour, FF, FG, SF and Greens. I expected the usual promises, wishful thinking and waffle. After all this is election time! However these manifestos are quite different. They contain a complete transformation of Ireland’s political infrastructure and electoral system that further strips power from Irish citizens in favour of the Irish and EU political class.

Rather than being surprised at the proposals I was transported back in time to the Constitutional Affairs Committee in the European Parliament in Brussels where these very same changes were discussed, advanced and (despite my objection and the objections of the few members of the committee that valued democracy) were proposed as changes to be put in place across Europe to harmonise national political and electoral systems to further the “European Project”.

The 2011 Irish political party manifestos promise these same harmonizing changes dressed up as political and economic reforms designed to benefit us the Irish people in a time of recession.

The following are just some proposals found in the 2011 Irish political party manifestos paired with their EU rational:

*fewer constituencies – easier to manage European political parties

*list system of voting – lists decouple the reps from the people and make them more beholden to the national party which are increasingly beholden to European political parties.

*younger voting age – research shows that voting patterns are largely set by first vote. Lower age ensures that first vote is cast while a young person is in secondary school where all students are subject to EU funded EU awareness (approval) programs. Voting will be a school project, complete with teacher guidance and peer pressure.

*fewer reps – now that the EU does most of the legislating, a full complement of national legislators are not needed.

*system of alternates – helps parties hold on to seats, they wanted a system in which good vote catchers (eg celebrities) are able to head multiple lists. They can then gain seats and pass them on to alternates who would be otherwise unelectable *detached cabinet – cabinet members no longer serve in Oireachtas or can be taken from civil society (unelected)

*new or vastly altered constitutions – national constitutions represent major stumbling block to electoral and political harmonisation across Europe and need to be altered to make them EU compatible.

Another manifesto proposal is the creation of a petitions committee.

I was vice president of the petitions committee in Brussels. Given the weak position of the citizen, I used the committee to do everything I could for the citizen. However I had no illusions of what a petitions committee is…. it is a symptom of lack of democracy. In a true republic with working democracy, citizens don’t need a complaints forum because they have real power. They keep their reps on a short tether and their reps serve them. Citizens do this in many ways, most obvious is the ballot, but also through marches, lobbying, boycotts, organisations, etc. Citizens speak and reps have to listen… It is a sign of the extent of the shift in power when citizens must go hat in hand to a committee of reps to complain, so that they the reps can in turn complain to those who actually have power.

Petitions committees are better than nothing but should we, a once proud and powerful national electorate, be content with this?

I don’t think so.

Please read the manifestos and prepare. To take this next installment of power from us our “leaders” – EU political agents will have to get us the Irish people to let go of BUNREACHT NA hEIREANN.

Start now. Alert everyone you can to strengthen their grip on our constitution. Inform them that if they hand over the constitution now they will never get it back.

God Bless,

Kathy Sinnott

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