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How is it even remotely legal for a government to ignore a bye election for months...

  • 08-11-2010 5:32pm
    #1
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭


    ...simply because "we are unlikely to win the seat"

    ?????
    What kind of democracy are we living in here? :confused:


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  • #2
    benjamin d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭benjamin d


    I was wondering this as well. And doesn't this also mean that, because they said it wasn't required to be filled immediately, that there must be a hell of a lot more TDs we can do without? Surely if Donegal SW can survive without a TD for half a term then everywhere else can too? How much would this save the country?


  • #3
    RockinRolla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭RockinRolla


    I wasnt aware we were living in a democracy.....:(

    But the powers that be can do pretty much whatever they want so long as the people accept it and we have got it rammed up our ass since the Free State. People dont realise how badly theyre being ****ed so long as you give them a nice image of security and freedom, yet, its all an illusion.

    As long as we dont have criminals robbing us in the streets, we tend to not care about people receiving bribes from zoning and construction firms, abusing their power and earning a small fortune on tax payers money.


  • #4
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    There is no legal or constitutional requirement.


  • #5
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    What kind of democracy are we living in here? :confused:

    A $hit one.


  • #6
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    What kind of democracy are we living in here? :confused:
    A fictitious one. There is no such thing as democracy. Governments by the people, of the people and for the people do not exist. It's more like by the people, of the elites and for themselves. Public service is a joke.


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