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Could the Irish Military suspend the constitution? (Egypt)

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  • #52
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,735 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    JillyQ wrote: »
    What Curragh Incident?
    see Post #17.


  • #53
    BuilderPlumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭BuilderPlumber


    In theory, this would be possible in Ireland. The military has in relatively recent times (in the last 50 years) jumped in to overthrow governments in Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Pakistan, etc. In practice, for now it seems very remote as an occurrence in Ireland.

    Traditionally, Ireland is not a military dominated state like say Egypt is. The military here are apolitical and have no official role in government beyond such ceremonies to welcome world leaders and to install new presidents.

    However, the longterm prognosis for this to continue highly depends on the attitude of this and future governments. There is a lot of anger here and justified at how governments break promises, implement policies to protect cronies and with people suffering from harsh cutbacks sold through a policy of fear (it will be much worse otherwise, etc). Everyone is beginning to realise Ireland is not a very democratic place but there is still a chance at reform of the current system (tackle the rich, give more money to the people, bring in legislation to bring banksters to justice) for the foreseeable.

    What would another 5 years of so-called austerity do to Ireland? Tilt it much closer to a restive situation where people have lost all faith in a legal system where banksters and politicians hide behind technicalities cherry picked by their barristers, where politicians cut back people's jobs and income while paying themselves exhorbitant salaries, in a country where worries over alcohol and sports events promotion (damaging events and thus jobs) and abortion are of more national concern than reducing unemployment, job insecurity and pricing ourselves out of the world market. The army could step in to halt anarchy on the streets and could sack the government but would unlikely hang onto power as we have no military dictatorship history plus the people here would not accept it. Perhaps a new constitution, legal framework and of course faster justice (e.g. criminals go to court and jail within a week to month of doing a crime unlike the 2+ years it often takes now; anyone who owes the state money conned from the state like the banksters would be forced back from America under an extradition arrangement) would be implemented and the old guard and their protected interests disbanded and the worst of them jailed.


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