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Izevbekhai and pleading the belly in Irish Law
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I hope that changes would be made to the system as a result of this farce. But who would initiate it? Do politicians today have the backbone to tackle 'race-sensitive' laws? They certainly did not back in the day when fraud was prevalent in the asylum application process. Even if Pam gets deported, another variant of her appeal will be filed by someone else (based on the current laws). This will continue ad nauseum until the politicians figure out that the country is being taken for a ride, at the expense of the genuine asylum seeker and the tax payer.
Politicians appear to have a propensity to support other politicians who perjure themselves in our courts. Ironically, this same body of individuals are vested by virtue of Article 15.2.1 of the constitution with law making power.
Willie O' Dea commited perjury in the High Court. He received no criminal sanction.
Despite his transgression Mr O' Dea received the full support, within the confines of the Dail I might add, of both the Prime Minister and the Minister for justice with regard said transgression, both of whom are lawyers.
Mr O'Dea was clearly guilty of perjury. He did not go to jail. No criminal sanction was imposed. It was not a civil matter, however it was managed as such, and subsequently settled as though his transgression was little more than a breach of civil law. This being despite the fact that it most certainly was not.
In light of such, I ask those of you posting here who advocate Ms. Izevbekhai's incarceration to explain why she SHOULD go to jail. It appears that she may well be guilty of perjury, however I ask you, how can our minister for justice together with members of our judiciary actively support Mr O' Dea who was clearly guilty of perjury in the High Court and then subsequently move to prosecute Ms. Izevbekhai for the same crime as that commited by Mr O' Dea.
Is this a magical application of our legislative instruments?
I do not mean to move "off topic" here with the O' Dea thing, however it appears that the imposition of a criminal sanction must first and foremost be consistent with an approach commensurate with the equal application of such a sanction.
Ms. Izevbekhai may appear to have acted with impunity, however it seems apparent that she may well have learned that not only is such an approach to our courts acceptable, but is perhaps also not without its rewards.
Just ask Mr O' Dea:D0 -
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How can we expect others to respect our system of governance if we refuse to respect them ourselves.
With respect Juleserino,I think you`ll have your work cut-out to find any great outpouring of respect for the activities of Mr W O`Dea TD on Boards.ie or anywhere outside of his own constituency.
However I do accept your point regarding the unusual nature of this gentlemans behaviour,so much so that I believe it demands a seperate thread all to itself as it has implications for Irish society far beyond the Izevbekhai interest.No, I suspect they will never want the topic ever discussed again, which might explain one of the reasons that the case has lost the media spotlight of before. It's kind of hard to maintain credibility in investigative journalism when you've been fooled so publicly, after all.
As The Corinthian mentions above,the Pamela Izevbekhai case,and the manner in which a sizeable number of our Political and Media establishment abandoned all sense of professional detachment and objectivity in a collective rush to embrace,what they appeared to believe was cultural diversity,now raises a skip-load of questions as to the status of these people to begin with.
The Irish Media,almost without exception,bought into the Izevbekhai story with great gusto and thence embarked on a campaign of supportive puff-pieces and assorted other anti Nigerian establishment articles.
The role of Mr Bouchier-Hayes and RTE in general also deserves further explaination to the greater public as well as the Licence Payers
However,I would concur with Julesrino that the reputation and good-standing of our Courts Service is now at al all-time low.
Indeed,could the redoubtable Mr O`Dea or his Legal Team have studied the Izevbekhai transcripts as they prepared for their day-in-the-box ?
The entire Izevbekhai circus has opened a gaping wound in the corpus of the Irish Higher Courts,which I suspect some of the Judiciary who have deliberated upon her pleas are only too well aware of.
The last opinion delivered by the Chief Justice was particularly unusual in that,to a layperson such as I,it appeared to suggest that the Chief Justice was all-at-sea as to whether his court had any role to play at all in the proceedings ?Not really all as there are larger implications: Throw her out and there's no disincentive against lying - anyone who wants to chance their arm and commit fraud has nothing to lose. Throw her in jail and it may curb some of those who do attempt such scams in the future.
Again,The Corinthian manages to succinctly outline the realpolitik of the Izevbekhai case,the outcome of which is being followed closely in several juristictions.
Perhaps the only other punishment to concentrate the minds of the Izevbekhai camp and their shadowy facilitators is a major fine in lieu of jail-time...It would be interesting to see which option would be availed of ?Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Charles Mackay (1812-1889)
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