Today The Oireachtas’ Plan To Cede Our Sovereignty Comes Into Effect

Today (November 1st 2014) important aspects of the Lisbon Treaty come into force with the passing over jurisdiction for 43 aspects of national government policy. Nations no longer have the power of veto. This means no individual country in the EU will be able to legislate in these areas without approval of the Quantitative Majority Vote of the other 27 members.

Ireland of course only has 7 votes compared to the 29 of each of the larger countries in the Union, and although this is weighted in our favour in relation to population it will be ineffectual in the decision making process that requires only 55% of votes to carry a decision.

Hence, these areas of power will no longer reside in the Oireachtas, but instead will be in Brussels.

Now this is not intended as a “bash the EU” report, the EU has made some good positive differences to how Ireland’s government behaves towards it’s people, but the question we ask is at what cost and is the balance right?

What this means essentially is that a positive vote in Brussels in any of these 43 areas can be imposed on any individual country, even against the wishes of it’s sovereign government.

What this means is our government have given away our sovereignty to decide our own cultural and economic model and our destiny has been taken out of our own hands. As the government are supposed to hold our sovereignty in trust they have essentially sold us out. Of course they will say we voted for it; but did we really?(More later)

Some areas are already under the exclusive control of the EU including customs, competition rules of the internal market, monetary policy for the euro, the common fisheries policy, common commercial policy.

However the new areas now needing EU majority approval are as follows :-

1) Administrative cooperation,
2) Asylum,
3) Border Controls,
4) Citizens initiative regulations,
5) Civil Protection,
6) Committee of the regions,
7) Common Defence Policy,
8) Crime prevention incentives,
9) Criminal judicial cooperation,
10) Criminal Law
11) Culture,
12) Diplomatic judicial cooperation,
13) Economic Social Committee,
14) Emergency International aid,
15) Energy,
16) EU Budget,
17) Eurojust,
18) European Central Bank,
19) European Court of Justice,
20) Europol
21) Eurozone external representation,
22) Foreign Affairs High Representation Election,
23) Freedom of Movement of Workers,
24) Freedom to Establish a Business,
25) Freedom, Security, Justice, cooperation & evaluation policy,
26) Funding the Common Foreign & Security Policy,
27) General economic interest services,
28) Humanitarian Aid,
29) Immigration,
30) Intellectual property
31) Organisation of the Council of the EU,
32) Police cooperation,
33) President of the European Council election,
34) Response to natural disaster & terrorism,
35) Rules concerning the Armaments Agency,
36) Self-employment rights,
37) Social Security Unanimity,
38) Space,
39) Sport,
40) Structural & Cohesion Funds,
41) Tourism,
42) Transport,
43) Withdrawal of a member state

Failure to comply will of course result in a nation being “disciplined”, presumably with a large financial penalty, paid for through the people’s labour of course (and who benefits?).

The kicker here is there at the end, in number 43. After today we cannot leave the EU unless they say we can. Even the choice to leave an abusive partner is taken away, and it is too late now to instigate the current articles that enable our unilateral escape.

So how did we get to this point? How have we fallen so far from the ideals of the revolution that created the Republic?

As the media fills up with news of government plans to involve itself in a celebration of the coming centenary of the 1916 rising, the act that started the drive to freedom and Irish Independence, we are left wondering what part Irish governments have ever played in that dream. In fact they seem to have done everything in their power over the last 90 years to turn the clock back.

EU Treaties

The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009 after 2 referendums. Remember how, like in Nice before it, we “got the answer wrong” and they made us vote again until we got the answer they wanted. The same tired old lies, propaganda and fear were used in the repeat campaign, “Yes for Europe, jobs, stability, growth”. They use the same spin in every EU referendum and every time we end up with no jobs, no stability and no growth

When they put the Lisbon Treaty to the people both the government and the opposition parties campaigned for our approval; where is the balance you ask?

Yet they admitted they hadn’t even read it ! How can you push for a vote on something you haven’t read? What kind of a responsible representative is that? It would be criminal negligence. But even in their apparent ignorance they were still able to tell us the sky would fall without it; leaving us wondering what on earth had been keeping the sky up until now.

In all seriousness do you really think they didn’t know what they were doing, that they didn’t know the treaty handed over Ireland’s sovereignty? Of course they knew! Well those at the top table knew; we are sure there are a hundred lazy TDs and Senators who voted and campaigned whichever way they were whipped by their parties’ colluding leaders. They ALL knew; after all they are all in pro-federalist EU groupings, what else would they do when their allegiance is not at home.

We the people were conned and threatened and given false choices. They did the same with Nice, Maestricht, the Fiscal Treaty; and in fact they use the same modus operandi with domestic referenda. Even with the bank guarantee and bailout, where we didn’t get a say, they used the same fear media against us.

I hope everyone is seeing the pattern of government developing here.

Nothing new to see here

The FF and FG governments of the last 3 decades are doing nothing new; they are simply carrying on the agenda of every government of the Republic and it’s Free State predecessor.

As we in DDI often remind the people when the Free State was formed our first constitution contained provisions for direct democracy, where the people could initiate their own referenda with signatures and overrule government or initiate heir own legislation. This was suspended by the very first government after an attempt was made to use it. The people’s power was removed by a government who’s interest was self preservation.

Even more cynically when De Valera suspended government and rewrote the constitution in 1937 these direct democracy articles were removed forever.

Let’s go back furher

There were worse acts of vandalism to the ideals of the revolution though. When you look at what was removed from the original 1919 version of the Constitution it is clear and apparent that the intentions of the politicians who took over the revolution were unsafe, if not nefarious.

The ideals and guarantee of perpetual freedom were stated very clearly from the outset. No generation has the right to give away the sovereignty of the nation as they merely hold it in trust for future generations; and no government can put this to the people for referendum. It is beyond their remit and is void if attempted.

This was the hope for the Republic and no sooner did government create itself it destroyed those hopes. It destroyed the Republic from the very first day

For what reason on earth would anyone want to remove such an ideal unless their intention were to remove that sovereignty then or in the future?

This is what governments composed of self interested elites always do. This is why we must remove them all, root and branch from the entire system.

All ceding of sovereignty is void

In fact it is a little known fact that all UK law prior to 1922 is still relevant in the Republic. It was essential as common law is built upon centuries of judgements. This means the Bill of Rights 1688 remains law in all Ireland and cannot be removed.

And I doe declare That noe Forreigne Prince Person Prelate, State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authoritie Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realme Soe helpe me God. – Bill of Rights [1688]

In other words, we may not be ruled in any way, shape or form by any foreign entity.

Of course if you want to get pedantic you could say the Free State broke this rule when the original Oireachtas was a triumvirate of the Dáil, Senate, and the King; but the Free State wasn’t really free in that case was it. However there is no excuse since the declaration of the Republic in 1937; and this has been breached by the various EU Treaties.

All is not lost

So it appears that those in government have been, throughout the lifetime of this Republic, working actively against the interests of the people, for the benefit of an aristocracy of  political, commercial and privileged classes.

If you think this looks bleak and there is no hope of reclaiming the ideals for the revolution don’t be. The state may have signed up to any number of treaties that cede the State’s sovereignty, but the sovereignty of the people is still the ultimate power…. and they know this, which is why they limit our opportunity to have referenda.

They know they people’s sovereignty is never lost, only the State’s, they are two entirely different things. The power of people to determine their own future and freedoms can never be removed unless by force. You have always had the power to change it in your own hands by simply voting out all incumbents.

With your help one day DDI will prevail and we will reintroduce direct democracy to the nation and give the people back their power to reclaim their sovereignty and their freedom.

As you can see our government and state institutions have no place and no part to play in the centenary celebration of the 1916 rising, they are as far from inheritors of the cause as anyone could possibly be.