We in Direct Democracy Ireland will introduce a political system of Governance in order to return power where it rightfully belongs, with we the People, so all citizens of our nation have an equal say in how the future of our country is forged. Our current system of Governance is Representative Democracy, whereby citizens elect individuals who should make decisions on our behalf on the back of election promises, promises that never materialise. A common complaint about representative democracy is that it creates a distant class of law-makers who will often collude with vested interests, or become so detached from the lives of the general public, that they will make decisions that the public do not support. By contrast, in a Direct Democracy system, such corruption of decision-making is impossible if every citizen is an equally powerful participant in the process. We in Direct Democracy Ireland along with the Sovereign People of Ireland are seeking the Constitutional Power to veto new legislation, initiate new laws and amendments to our Nations Constitution using People-initiated Referendums, in contrast to the current system of Government only initiated Referendums. Link to our Manifesto
https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/people/michael_gallagher/Manifestos2016/DDIManifesto16.pdf
