The Workers Party have today called on the Attorney General to act immediately to protect the Constitution and the sovereign will of the Irish people.

Speaking on Liffey Sound Radio, Malachy Steenson, PRO Dublin Region of The Workers Party, said:  “the Attorney General, as legal adviser to the Government, has a duty to ensure that the Government acts Constitutionally. He must advise the Taoiseach that the Irish people are sovereign and they have expressed that sovereignty on the 12th June and rejected the 28th Amendment”.

"That amendment asked the people to allow the government to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon and to permit Ireland to become a member of the Union that would flow from that Treaty. The people have refused that permission”, said Mr. Steenson.

"The Attorney General must advise the Taoiseach that the only mandate he has is to inform the European Union that the Treaty has been rejected and it must be binned”.

"As a TD the Taoiseach is the servant of the people. A literal translation of Teachta Dáil is a messenger to the Dáil. He is only empowered to carry a message from the people - that message as freely expressed by the people in referendum is that the Treaty is dead". 

Issued 24th June 2008