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30-01-2011, 05:57 PM
"Democracy Now" a new political movement had intended running in this election but due to the GE date being brought forward from March to Feb the timing meant they had to reconsider as the new time constraints made it impossible for some of their prospective candidates to be able to run.
Shane Ross is now the only "Democracy Now" candidate running as an Independent:-
A new political movement packed with household names and fronted by David McWilliams, Eamon Dunphy, Shane Ross and Fintan O'Toole, has aborted plans to contest the general election nationwide.
The agreement was that Democracy Now candidates would stand on five core principles, which included a commitment to holding a referendum on the EU/IMF bailout deal which the movement believes to be unsustainable; political reform and a public inquiry into the regulatory and governmental failures that caused the economic and banking crisis.
Outside of the core principles, deputies would have been free to vote with their conscience as a means of allowing people with diverse political ideologies – such as Shane Ross and Fintan O'Toole – to co-exist in the movement. "It was designed to be non-ideological," one source said. While Ross, O'Toole and Dunphy would all have contested the general election – along with at least 20 others – McWilliams' role would have been as a policy advisor.
http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2011/jan/30/the-truth-about-fintan-otooles-aborted-dail-bid/
Shane Ross is now the only "Democracy Now" candidate running as an Independent:-
A new political movement packed with household names and fronted by David McWilliams, Eamon Dunphy, Shane Ross and Fintan O'Toole, has aborted plans to contest the general election nationwide.
The agreement was that Democracy Now candidates would stand on five core principles, which included a commitment to holding a referendum on the EU/IMF bailout deal which the movement believes to be unsustainable; political reform and a public inquiry into the regulatory and governmental failures that caused the economic and banking crisis.
Outside of the core principles, deputies would have been free to vote with their conscience as a means of allowing people with diverse political ideologies – such as Shane Ross and Fintan O'Toole – to co-exist in the movement. "It was designed to be non-ideological," one source said. While Ross, O'Toole and Dunphy would all have contested the general election – along with at least 20 others – McWilliams' role would have been as a policy advisor.
http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2011/jan/30/the-truth-about-fintan-otooles-aborted-dail-bid/