More revelations on Green Party ministerial rotation secret deal (part 1)

More on the secret ministerial hot desking deal between John Gormley and Bertie Ahern in 2007 from the Green newspaper of choice The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0306/1224265703752.html

"While the view that spending too long in ministerial office can be bad for any individual politician has some merit, using it to justify a changeover after only two and a half years is ridiculous. The fact that under the pact Eamon Ryan was scheduled to remain in Cabinet for a full five years doesn’t sit well with this supposed principle. If implemented the pact would have meant that at some point over the life of the Government all six of the party’s TDs would have held office. This and the fact that the pact was kept secret suggest baser motives. It seems Boyle elevated the rotation proposal to the level of principle so as to cloak the party’s embarrassment now that the pact has become public.

Some Green sources in recent days have even advanced the notion that a rotation of Green Ministers could be facilitated by getting a new super junior seat at Cabinet for Gormley. If they actually think this possible then the Greens are truly lost in a world of political fantasy".

The Greens are coming out of this looking very bad indeed.

The worst aspect of this dirty little deal between Gormley and Ahern is that Eamon Ryan knew nothing about it. The Green grassroots also knew nothing about this. The obvious question that must now be asked is what other dirty little deals have been made that we know nothing about?

This totally destroys the notion that the Greens are a democratic party who hold truth, honesty, and transparency in high regard. The much heralded Green notion that people are given jobs based on ability, and after a fair and transparent recruitment process is also dead. This sorry mess and the fact that Gormley has appointed over 1/3 of the Green cllrs that lost seats in the 2009 local elections to various Quangos proves this.

This whole sorry mess gives us clear sight of what the Green Party really hold in high regard. They have a become a party of secrets, dirty little deals and gombeenism. They show a raw hunger for power and its associated perks that would put FF to shame.

And the fact that they now seek to justify this is the saddest and most shameful thing of all for a once honorable party.