should the president be allowed to vote?

petroltimer

should the president be allowed to vote?

she is a meaningless money hungry figure head, but surely as she is suppose to be neutral she should not vote while president.

OhNoYouDidn't

petroltimer wrote: »

should the president be allowed to vote?

she is a meaningless money hungry figure head, but surely as she is suppose to be neutral she should not vote while president.

All public servants are supposed to be neutral. Are you suggesting that they not be allowed vote too?

Or is this yet another assinine dig at the office?

Dj Stiggie

petroltimer wrote: »

should the president be allowed to vote?

she is a meaningless money hungry figure head, but surely as she is suppose to be neutral she should not vote while president.

Neutral? She's backed by a political party. I don't really see a problem with it.

What's her constituency though? Where the Áras is or where her regular house is?

GSF

At least 2 votes for Cyprian in Dub Central guaranteed :rolleyes:

mgmt

Dj Stiggie wrote: »

Neutral? She's backed by a political party. I don't really see a problem with it.

What's her constituency though? Where the Áras is or where her regular house is?

I believe the President votes in the small school in the Phoenix Park.

petroltimer

i know she was backed by FF and has dirty FF blood in her veins, but once in is she not supposed to be neutral like the speaker in the Dail, i don't think they vote on dail votes,

The queen (also another pointless figure head) in the UK does not vote as it seen as unconstitutional.

Einhard

petroltimer wrote: »

i know she was backed by FF and has dirty FF blood in her veins, but once in is she not supposed to be neutral like the speaker in the Dail, i don't think they vote on dail votes,

The queen (also another pointless figure head) in the UK does not vote as it seen as unconstitutional.

The UK doesn't have a Constitution.

petroltimer

Einhard wrote: »

The UK doesn't have a Constitution.

i did not say they did, i was simply quoting www.parliament.co.uk and what they said on the matter of the queen voting,

Einhard

petroltimer wrote: »

i did not say they did, i was simply quoting www.parliament.co.uk and what they said on the matter of the queen voting,

That link doesn't work.

petroltimer

Einhard wrote: »

That link doesn't work.

Please excuse, try this

http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/elections-faq-page/

pitachu

From what I remember from school (I'm british BTW) the UK does have a constitution, but it is an undocumented constitution - there is no one constitional document.

Just thought to check t'internet and here be the answer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom

But this isn't a thread about that, so on the subject of whether the president should be allowed to vote in Ireland, I don't see why not. It is a private ballot and so there is no way we can know what way the president voted. If she were to say "I am backing politicain X" in an interview or such like then that would not be acceptable, but to vote privately when we have no idea as to who she backed seems fine to me - she is still, afterall, resident in the country.

Iwasfrozen

petroltimer wrote: »

should the president be allowed to vote?

she is a meaningless money hungry figure head, but surely as she is suppose to be neutral she should not vote while president.

As the president she can't vote. But as a citizen she can.