'Where did my 3,000 votes go?'
A Carndonagh man is still demanding answers from Minister John Gormley over why 3,000 of his ballot papers went missing in this year's EU election.
Outraged Fiachra Luain is appalled he’s written to the Minister of Environment five times over the matter and still hasn’t been given answers over what wrong during the count.
He’s now written to Minister Gormley again, demanding he personally replies to his letter.
As well as that he claims the recent Lisbon referendum was flawed and he’s written to President Klaus, of the Czech Republic, informing him of the June European election’s ‘irregularities’.
In his letter, he tells Minister Gormley: “If indeed President Klaus refuses to sign the Lisbon Treaty based on what we have experienced here in Ireland, it is you who are directly responsible.
“If that is the case, I believe that the only honourable course of action for you would be to resign your Ministerial portfolio.”
Mr O’Luain said he cannot understand why Minister Gormley has refused to acknowledge the serious nature of his requests. He wants him to make assurances that similar vote mismanagement will not occur again and says he’s duty-bound to investigate the missing 3,000 votes.
He said: “You have failed, not only failed a young independent candidate who was a victim of mass vote misallocation, but the Irish people in our totality.”
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