Cllr Anthony Kelly has condemned the double standards employed by members of some Irish political parties after a week of brutal selfishness in the Dail. The Sinn Féin general election candidate has said that at times during the week he felt ashamed to be in the same trade as these gombeen politicians.
“This past few weeks we witnessed eight Ministers resign, all too comfortable in the knowledge that they will receive full pensions,” Cllr Kelly said. “Mary Harney will earn €325,000 for her decision to retire, considerably more than she would have earned if she had of been re-elected to the next Dail. Brian Cowen stepped down as leader of his party but felt that he was still good enough to lead the state. To cap it all off, Fianna Fail, the Greens, Fine Gael and Labour have all got cosy again to push through the dreadful finance bill, which now includes a clause to block the proposed end of tax exemptions for the elite, but still carries through outrageous cuts to social welfare and the minimum wage. No wonder we are the laughing stock of world affairs.”
Cllr Kelly said that his party were one hundred percent opposed to this double standard practice and promised that when elected to Leinster House, he would strive to root out this nonsense and to introduce Sinn Féin’s proposed political reform plan. “No wonder people are saying that they will spoil their votes rather than vote for these people,” Cllr Kelly said, “I don’t blame them, I wouldn’t vote for the chancer’s either. We need a new political system in this country which will restore people’s faith in their elected reps. We need political reform and the restoration of the aims of 1916; to create a republic of equals. I see no equality in a system where Mary Harney, an incompetent minister who made a complete mess of her portfolio gets paid 325,000, while thousands of unemployed citizens are cut by €8, and vitally needed hospital beds are closed to pay for it.”
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