Let's cut through Treaty deception.

A letter to the Irish Independent this morning is as follows: Tuesday May 27 2008 THE forthcoming 28th Amendment of the Constitution referendum is not only a referendum to ratify a new EU treaty, but it is more importantly a new European constitution which would give primacy to EU laws over our existing Constitutional rights. Moreover it is a constitution that has already been rejected by two member states of the EU -- France and Holland -- in referendums and we are now being asked to foist this undemocratic constitution on the peoples of the EU by stealth and deception. All of the proponents seeking a 'Yes' vote on the Lisbon Treaty are either deliberately or by omission engaged in this deception and are quite willing to sit back and allow unelected officials to dictate policy and laws to which we will all be bound. Our elected leaders admit that they have not even read the treaty and that we would have to be insane to want to do so. Irish Independent journalist Bruce Arnold has recently written a number of articles on the implications for Ireland if this Constitution is ratified by a 'Yes' vote and I urge any concerned citizens to access these articles on the internet at www.independent.ie Gerard P Murphy Carrigaline Co Cork (Blog editor's highlighting).