Bruce Arnold in The Irish Independent writes: "Fear, lies and an array of blatant illegalities by the Irish Government and by Europe have characterised the 'Yes' campaign in the repeat referendum (…)"
Moreover, he said "Of the many illegalities, the latest and most blatant was the placing of a European Commission propaganda supplement in all Irish newspapers last Sunday as a paid insert. This was an unlawful use of European taxpayers' money. The commission has no competence in the ratification of treaties."
Bruce Arnold pointed out outher illegalities including "the part-funding of the posters and press advertisements of most of Ireland's 'Yes'-side political parties by their sister parties in the European Parliament" and the "Government's use of public funds to circulate to voters a postcard with details of 'assurances'." He stressed that "This breached the Supreme Court's 1995 McKenna judgment, that it is unconstitutional for the Government to use public money to seek to procure a particular result in a referendum." Read the article here.
