Why Bertie is going to Court
Posted by Maman Poulet on 12 Feb 2008 at 06:41 pm | Tagged as: Irish Politics, Tribunals
He’s going to court to stop the Mahon Tribunal asking him about things he said in the Dail because they think he’s been telling porkies about what he gave them, did, said, didn’t do!? So things he said in the Dail are different to things he was telling the Tribunal?? He’s defending his constitutional right to say what he likes in the Dáil?? I’m being simple here for a reason – he’s hoping that people won’t cop on to what he’s up to.
Green Ink hit’s nail on head (Again!!!!!)
The letters between the Solicitor to the Tribunal and Bertie Ahern’s solicitors were read out on the Lunchtime show on Newstalk today. They helpfully include some of the Dáil interventions that our Taoiseach is trying to protect being questioned further on and your bonus track is an interview with Enda! It’s a pity that they don’t give the listeners a bluffers guide – and they spent a lot of time reading solicitors letters without a lot of interpretation. I’m sure that bloggers will help??
You can listen to them here.
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I hope they (the letters) are in print form shortly also as it will help a lot when committed to print! Update: Michael at That’s Ireland has very helpfully given us a flowchart!
Sure Bertie is so used at this stage to saying whatever comes into his head when he is in the Dail that it has never occurred to him that he might have stand over any of it in the tribunal. When anyone in the Dail does try and hold him to something, he waffles about soem figures until the time limit is up and the Ceann Comhairle bails him out. In the tribunal they will simply wait and wait and wait until he answers the question he has been asked.
What will we have next – Richard Bruton can’t make reference on Prime Time to something Cowen said about the budget in the Dail?
A copy of this letter will appear on the Mahon Tribunal wiki in due course!
Ah Gavin I knew you wouldn’t let us down!!!
And that would be at http://www.mahontribunal.com (!)
First letter is up on my blog, will add second later, and both to the wiki.
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