Let's get Bertie -PUT YOUR MONEY where your mouth is.

Thursday March 13, 2003 12:22

by Tim Hourigan - Citizen

Bertie can stay in Washington, he's a criminal just like Bush.

Again, because we need to go down a range of avenue, I am calling on EVERYONE who believes our government to be involved in criminal complicity in this war to DO something about it. This will only take a short amount of time each and will not restrict other options. In fact it will serve to justify blockades, sit-downs etc.

Speaking for myself,
It is my honestly held belief that the current Government is guilty of serious crimes.
Berite Ahern and his accomplices have violated domestic and international law and are actively aiding and abetting a war crime.

That is why I lodged a criminal charge against him in Shannon Garda Station.
having tried unsuccessfuly to do this before, (at threat of arrest for wasting police time)
I INSISTED that the complaint be taken seriously.
The file is currently with the DPP.

I am updating the charge to include more references to criminal law.

If YOU share my belief that Bertie & CO have criminal charges to answer then you should do the same.

Sure you might think,
it won't work. it's ridiculous. NO it's not.

My charge won't work if it is just left in the DPPs office without YOUR charge sitting next to it.
If the DPP gets thousands of these things, there WILL be a reaction, whether its a move to indict or just a wave of panic in the administration.
We HAVE to get a reaction and take a lead on this.
And it would take 30-60 minutes of your time to be part of it... you know you'll enjoy doing it too. walk into a Garda Station and shop Bertie.

IF the DPP acts, fine, Bertie gets questioned, and possibly charged. (unlikely without huge pressure, but possible if their is public pressure)
If the DPP does NOT act, well then, anyone who engages in civil disobedience to stop the war can argue that they had exhausted the normal channels.
(this is a good thing to be able to say in court)

I will be talking to a solicitior later today and will be finalising a draft which people can take as a model for their own complaint.
I'll put my e-mail address up when it's ready to send out.

Don't just moan about it, escalate it, and escalate it NOW.

If we get thousands of these in before Bertie finishes his butt-kissing in Washington he might decide to go into exile there :)