Election for turkeys ? Will FG go for it?

[Rossfan]

I expected Fitzgerald to announce over the weekend that she'd **"step aside " temporarily till the Tribunal dealt with the issue in January.

** a much used phrase in the closing days of the Haughey era😁

[Farrandeelin]

The 'party of law and order' are having a real job dealing with law and order in this country at the minute.

[armaghniac]

Fitzgerald to resign.
Panic over.

[seafoid]

Fitzgerald to resign.
Panic over.

I wonder what sort of payoff she got.Power is fascinating.

Last week we had a delayed resignation in Zimbabwe.

MONDAY

Zimbabwe's ongoing crisis descended into outright chaos on Sunday after president Robert Mugabe failed to announce his resignation as widely expected in a national address on live television.

Instead, in a rambling 30 minute address, Mugabe offered no concessions to his critics, the tens of thousands who marched calling for his resignation or the army commanders who led the military takeover last week.

Robert Mugabe stuns Zimbabwe by failing to quit in televised address – live

 

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Instead, the 93-year-old autocrat said that "we cannot be guided by bitterness or revengefulness which would not makes us any better ... Zimbabweans" and said that he would preside over a special congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party scheduled for next month – suggesting he has no immediate intention of stepping down.

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Mugabe, who repeatedly cited the legacy of Zimbabwe's brutal liberations wars of the 1970s, said he believed that the military "operation" launched last Tuesday by army commanders was motivated by "a deep patriotic concern for the stability of the nation" and "did not amount to a threat to our well-cherished constitutional order".

"I am aware that many developments have occurred in the party, given the failings of the past, and anger they might have triggered in some quarters .... [but] I am confident that from tonight our whole nation will put shoulder to the wheel," Mugabe said.

THURSDAY

Robert Mugabe and his wife will receive a "golden handshake" worth many millions of dollars as part of a deal negotiated before the resignation of the ageing autocrat last week. The exact sums to be paid to the former president and his wife Grace are still unclear, though one senior ruling party official with direct knowledge of the agreement said the total would not be less than $10m.

The official said that Mugabe, who has been granted immunity from prosecution and a guarantee that no action will be taken against his family's extensive business interests, would receive a "cash payment of $5m" immediately, with more paid in coming months.

Mugabe's 37-year rule left Zimbabwe with a worthless currency, massive debts, an impoverished population and an estimated unemployment rate of more than 80%. Roads are rutted, many rural communities have no electricity, education is basic and healthcare almost non-existent. A life expectancy of 60 is one of the lowest in the world.

Grace Mugabe was called "Gucci Grace" in Zimbabwe for her lavish spending. The former secretary, who married the president in 1996, recently bought millions of dollars worth of property and luxury cars in South Africa. Her eldest son, 25-year-old Bellarmine Chatunga, recently enraged Zimbabweans by posting a clip on social media taken in a well-known Johannesburg nightclub showing him pouring a £200 bottle of champagne over a £45,000 watch on a night out in South Africa, boasting that "daddy runs the whole country".

The deal also extends to the Mugabes' wide business interests, which include a series of dairy farms, and those of his extended family. "None of this will be [seized] or in any way molested," said the official involved in the negotiations. The difficulties of drawing up a list of the many assets to be covered by the agreement contributed to the delay in Mugabe's resignation, which had been widely expected as early as last Sunday, he said.

[seafoid]

I wonder was there any pressure on Ms Fitz from the EU. It is not every day that the UK is on its knees.

[Avondhu star]

She can always go back to her previous work. The country badly needs more social workers

[Syferus]

I wonder was there any pressure on Ms Fitz from the EU. It is not every day that the UK is on its knees.

Was this thought so important that it needed its own post?

Fitz was gone the moment more proof was discovered.

[Farrandeelin]

She should be jailed. Leo defending her to the hilt should do the honourable thing and resign.

[Syferus]

She should be jailed. Leo defending her to the hilt should do the honourable thing and resign.

He was the one who ordered the review of DoJ documents that finished her off ffs. Go back to sleep if you think he needs to resign Farr.

[Orchard park]

Syf,

one could debate that it was Miceal Martin who ordered leo to carry out the DOJ search.


fair dues to the DOJ official who lined Alan Kelly up with the information initially

[seafoid]

I wonder was there any pressure on Ms Fitz from the EU. It is not every day that the UK is on its knees.

Was this thought so important that it needed its own post?

Fitz was gone the moment more proof was discovered.

Syf, the EU 26 have been brought around to the Irish position on the border after considerable diplomatic heavy lifting.
FF bring up a problem and the Govt is wobbly. The Brits are all over the place. Do you honestly think the EU were just waiting for an election?

[Syferus]

Syf,

one could debate that it was Miceal Martin who ordered leo to carry out the DOJ search.


fair dues to the DOJ official who lined Alan Kelly up with the information initially

Then 'one' would be lying.

[Rossfan]

fair dues to the DOJ official who lined Alan Kelly up with the information initially

Indeed. Kelly seemed well fed on the matter alright.
Poor Syfīn's Blue Shirt must be chokin' him these last few days.

[Syferus]

fair dues to the DOJ official who lined Alan Kelly up with the information initially

Indeed. Kelly seemed well fed on the matter alright.
Poor Syfīn's Blue Shirt must be chokin' him these last few days.

Never voted for one. It sucks when reality ruins your quips, though you must be well used to it by now.

[Orchard park]

Syf,

one could debate that it was Miceal Martin who ordered leo to carry out the DOJ search.


fair dues to the DOJ official who lined Alan Kelly up with the information initially

Then 'one' would be lying.

n the political journalists dont know what went on in the meetings between leo and micheal, you know an awful lot......


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