Important Constitutional Challenge to SIPO
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: Let’s discuss the Lack of Standards in Public Office and the ‘party system’, in Court! Diarmaid Ó Cadhla (right) has…
It is the Right of the People to Rule
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: Dáil Representatives and Government must Carry Out the Will of the People, and not just at Election Time! With the publication…
Issue No. 1 of ‘Convention’ newspaper
PDF image of Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: Launch editorial: It is the Right of the People to Rule Editorial Policy of Convention newspaper Important Challenge to SIPO:…
Editorial Policy of ‘Convention‘ Newspaper
Published in Issue No. 1 of Convention newspaper: The content of ‘Convention’ is determined by the single objective of The People’s Convention, democracy itself: To Secure…
2. The Cause – Private Member Clubs of Vested Interests
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) From the beginning the Dáil has framed and passed laws to ensure that the selection and election of…
A complete lack of democracy – there is a double threat in this referendum!
Statement issued Monday 21st May outside Dáil Éireann People must be careful with this referendum because the question is not presented properly at all. Even though we only…
Richard Bruton Reveals Contempt People’s Right to Decide
During the Fiscal Compact Referendum Debate: Government Minister Richard Bruton revealed the truth in an interview by Matt Cooper on Today FM (17/5/2012). When discussing the…
Minister Coveney Casually Dismisses Election Promises
As manager of Fine Gael’s campaign during the Fiscal Compact Treaty Debate, Minister Simon Coveney casually dismissed the validity of election promises. In response to the…
Press: Why do the people not decide state policy?
Press Statement, Friday 20th April 2012 Issued in Cork South Central The People’s Convention has today issued invitations to the Dáil and Council representatives of the South…
Important challenge to SIPO legislation
A .PDF copy of the statement can be downloaded here. A General Election (2011) candidate has demanded that the State proceed with prosecutions against him under the Standards in…
Brendan Doris speaking on Near 90fm
Brendan Doris joins Michael FitzGerald on Northside2Day and outlines why The People’s Convention (CPPC), is a political party of the entire Irish electorate, rather than one…
If the people ran our country, would the Vita Cortex workers be abandoned?
Fellow Citizens, The treatment of the workers at Vita Cortex sends us all an important message, the injustice done to them is done to us all, it must not pass. One of the…
Appendix D: The ‘Reform’ Movement Hides what is Necessary
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) There have been many hundreds of new organisations created by thousands of concerned people to address…
Appendix C: The ‘European Project’ and Sovereignty
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) The coalition Government has promised “major constitutional change” and is already putting in place…
Appendix B: Role of Political Parties
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) At the moment everything in Ireland seems to be upside down. The current political system is one of rule…
Appendix A: Generation of Policy
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) The People’s Convention as an organisation has only one policy: democracy, how to secure it, how to…
7. From Each According to their Ability and Means
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) The first step begins with ourselves. Just like the saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins…
6. Building the Organisation
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) The task now is to build The People’s Convention in every constituency and in every part (local…
5. How it Works
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) The People’s Convention needs to be established in every constituency as a political organisation of…
3. The Solution – Implement the Constitution – End the rule of Political Parties
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) So the matter is clear. We need to end the rule over us, the citizens, by this system of political…
1. The Issue – A People Ruled Over Rather than Ruling
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) In the period since the onset of the debt and banking crisis in 2008, a series of extraordinary…
Introduction – The Irish People and Our State
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) The Irish people are at once an ancient and a fully modern people. We are well educated, hardworking and…
Appendix E1: Formation of The People’s Convention
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) A group of citizens, from all walks of life, including professionals and business people, launched The…
None of the issues are the issue
In this election, as always, ‘policies’ on issues are being auctioned off – in a competition to win votes on the basis of promises. Some candidates are emphasising…
Brendan Doris – Election statement to the citizens of Dublin West
I am standing in this election to propose a new way for the citizens of this country to exercise their franchise, to empower themselves. The Constitution only says we should send…
Restating the case for democracy
There is a lot to do …. We are currently re-drafting the ideas & programme of The Peoples Convention, it is time to sum-up the experience of the last few months since…
We took a stand!
The Peoples Convention would like to thank all those who supported our candidates and our programme for democratic renewal in this election. We knew we were unprepared and…
We can be effective by doing something that will bring immediate change
A final word before the vote The following was contained in an A5 flyer issued in the last few days, .PDF download available here. Why not elect someone who is contracted to…
Appendix E2: Candidate Undertakings
(from Pamphlet: “IRISH CITIZENS, WE MUST EMPOWER OURSELVES!”) A solemn declaration on accepting nomination for election as a candidate of The Peoples Convention:- On…
A New Way for our Democracy
Elect Candidates selected by and contracted to the people, not political parties! In the sort time since its first public meeting on 14th December The Peoples Convention has…
But what if we, the electorate, act differently?
Talk delivered by Brendan Doris at the Dublin Launch of An Chomhdháil Phobail | The People’s Convention on January 18th This is a very special gathering that has come together…
Wexford Launch meeting in Whites Hotel, 21st January 7:30pm
The meeting is scheduled at 7:30pm for an 8pm start – there will be time for chat before the formal start and literature available to review. The launch will take place on…
Dublin Launch Meeting in the Gresham Hotel, January 18th / 8pm
CPPC’s approach to politics is entirely new, a party with only one policy, Democracy! However, we feel this approach is exactly what is required today, all questions of policy…
Cork meeting addresses the issue of how the people can empower themselves
The Metropole Hotel in Cork was the venue for CPPC’s first public meeting. The attendance of about 40 people came to discuss how the people can empower themselves Further…
Public Meeting in Cork: Tues 14th
This coming Tuesday, December 14th, CPPC are holding a public meeting at the Metropole Hotel on Mac Curtain Street, Cork – it starts at 7.30pm and will continue up to…
Open letter: the next steps
To registered members and supporters of CPPC Dear Friends, Welcome to CPPC, your active participation in the movement for democratic renewal is essential if the people are to…
On the right of RECALL after election
On the question of RECALL, which CPPC advocates: We think all candidates should commit to accepting the right of the electors, in the local constituency, to recall them – if…
As citizens, we must come forward and claim our own democracy
We are not powerless! Let us act like the sovereign people we are! Secure, Exercise and Defend Our Democracy! The crisis is creating deep anxiety and anger in the population at…
A message to the Government
Article taken from Issue #4 of THE PEOPLE’S PAPER Peace is a most precious commodity you must not let it be taken away by extra-taxing our homes and water on an errant path you…
We are Europeans now; no Gaeilge here!
Article taken from Issue #4 of THE PEOPLE’S PAPER Owners at The Flying Enterprise bar and restaurant in Cork caused public protest in September as a member of staff lost his job…
