THE Peace and Neutrality Alliance condemns the decision of the government (26-County Administration) to spend a massive amount of money sending postcards to all households on the so called legal guarantees the government intends to add as a Protocol to some treaty sometime in the future.
Roger Cole, Chair of PANA said on July 6:
"In a debate in the Dáil, Minister Martin said PANA had been looking for a Protocol and then when we achieved it, still opposed the treaty. Quite simply either Minister Martin is stupid or is very badly informed, and in PANA's view he is not stupid, therefore he can only be very badly informed.
"PANA, since our formation in 1996 has sought a Protocol similar to that achieved by the Danish people that excludes them from paying for or involvement with the process of the militarisation of the EU. Recent public opinion polls in Denmark showed that the Danish people wished to retain their Protocol.
"The Minister however is now about to spend a massive amount of money sending postcards to all households telling them about Protocols that do not exclude Ireland from paying for or involvement with the militarisation of the EU. In any democratic society the media would at least inform people of the truth about PANA's clearly defined position on the kind of Protocol they sought, especially as the two TSN/MRBI polls held in May and June 2008 showed that concerns over Irish Neutrality was one of the major reasons why the people voted NO to the Lisbon Treaty. The government destroyed the National Forum on Europe to prevent democratic debate and the bulk of the corporate media by refusing to report the truth are colluding with this attack on democracy."
Roger Cole, Chair of PANA said on July 6:
"In a debate in the Dáil, Minister Martin said PANA had been looking for a Protocol and then when we achieved it, still opposed the treaty. Quite simply either Minister Martin is stupid or is very badly informed, and in PANA's view he is not stupid, therefore he can only be very badly informed.
"PANA, since our formation in 1996 has sought a Protocol similar to that achieved by the Danish people that excludes them from paying for or involvement with the process of the militarisation of the EU. Recent public opinion polls in Denmark showed that the Danish people wished to retain their Protocol.
"The Minister however is now about to spend a massive amount of money sending postcards to all households telling them about Protocols that do not exclude Ireland from paying for or involvement with the militarisation of the EU. In any democratic society the media would at least inform people of the truth about PANA's clearly defined position on the kind of Protocol they sought, especially as the two TSN/MRBI polls held in May and June 2008 showed that concerns over Irish Neutrality was one of the major reasons why the people voted NO to the Lisbon Treaty. The government destroyed the National Forum on Europe to prevent democratic debate and the bulk of the corporate media by refusing to report the truth are colluding with this attack on democracy."
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