Workers’
Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that under no circumstances will he support
any nominee of a pro-austerity party for the position of Lord Mayor of Cork
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| Councillor Ted Tynan - always opposed pacts |
Cllr.
Tynan said that he was shocked to discover his name was being bandied about as
part of a deal on the mayoralty. This
was absolutely untrue, he stated. He
said somebody was spinning stories to suit their own agenda and there was no
question of the Workers’ Party’s single vote on the City Council going to elect
right-wing parties. “It would go against
everything we stand for”, he said.
“The
Workers Party, out of courtesy, met with all the groups on the City council who
had asked to meet us. We agreed no deal
with anyone and made it clear that our anti-pact position of the past three
decades had not changed and would not change.
Our opposition to water charges and privatisation of council services is
not going to change”
“I
am most disappointed that Sinn Féin, having being elected on an anti-cuts platform,
is to re-build the mayoral pact which was torn asunder by the voters of this
city three weeks ago. It does not matter
whether it is elected under the D’Hondt system or any other, this is a
reincarnation of the old pact, with Sinn Féin and a few independents taking the
place of the Labour Party. I wish to
make it absolutely clear that the Workers’ Party is not part of the Independent
group and will oppose tonight’s nomination of the pact’s candidate”.
