After Crushing Defeat of Irish Referendum Pushed by Leftists, Government Minister Asks if NGOs are “Representative of Society”
On Friday, Irish voters delivered a knock-out blow to the radical left by defeating a referendum aimed at “modernizing” the country’s constitution.
The crushing defeat of the attempt to erase women and devalue motherhood has left Irish politicians and pundits scratching their heads at how they misread the room so spectacularly.
The changes to the 39th amendment, the family amendment, were rejected by 67 percent of voters, while in the ‘care referendum,’ the no vote stands at almost 74 percent.Voter turnout was almost three times higher for those voting to reject the changes.
“I do think, if you look at the roster of ‘Yes’ campaigners, and those advocates from political parties to NGOs, it’s been quite significant and quite large,” Burke said, adding: “It is a strong blow to the body politic.”
He further stated that the government would need to “look at” how much the views of such campaigning NGOs were “reflective” of wider Irish society.
“I think we need to look and see, in terms of how much some NGOs are reflective of the communities that we live in, because there had been very strong support in some quarters,” he said.
“…the reality is the electorate made a clear and informed decision, and we in government have to listen to that decision.”
Gript notes that state-funded NGOs, which receive taxpayer money, were heavily involved in the ‘Yes’/’Yes’ campaign including, “The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), which receives over 96% of its staffing costs from the government annually.”
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The Irish are raising questions about how government funded NGOs are influencing politics to the detriment of the people