Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said
that the government and others on the Yes side in the EU fiscal treaty would be
making a huge mistake if they assumed that the poor turnout in the referendum
meant people were indifferent to austerity and mass unemployment.
Cllr. Tynan said that the Northside of the city had
delivered a massive rejection of the government’s policies which was only
hidden because rural votes in the North Central constituency had masked the
true scale of public anger. The urban
part of the constituency had delivered a NO vote of approximately 60% with a NO
vote of well over 80% in many areas.
“Right across the Northside of Cork the government
and other Yes parties had their policies completely rejected. People are seething with anger. Support for the Treaty and for austerity is
practically non-existent and could only be gathered through scare tactics and
the belief of many people that the treaty would be run again if there was a NO
vote”, said Cllr. Tynan.
“The government would be making a huge mistake if
they assume that the low turnout in the referendum means people are indifferent
to the pain that is being inflicted on them to prop up banks and the German
economy. Sooner or later the government
and other establishment parties will feel the wrath of the people and they will
pay for the damage they have done to people’s lives. Last Thursday they got their way through
sheer intimidation. People will feel
less restrained at the next local and general elections and deliver the
punishment these parties will have brought upon themselves.”
