Wednesday 29 May 2013

Irish Politicians Immunity from Arrest - Should it be scrapped? ...

Article 15.13 of Bunreacht na h-Eireann


"The members of each House of the Oireachtas shall, except in case of treason as defined in this Constitution, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest in going to and returning from, and while within the precincts of, either House, and shall not, in respect of any utterance in either House, be amenable to any court or any authority other than the House itself."
 
   
Does this really have a place when you look at Shattergate? The clause really has no standing and is from the De Valera era, a time really vastly different from now. The article favours those at the top of the food chain. So should it scrapped ?

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