Comments on: SIPO press release http://www.gavinsblog.com/2007/09/20/sipo-press-release/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tomaltach http://www.gavinsblog.com/2007/09/20/sipo-press-release/comment-page-1/#comment-290566 Tomaltach Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:42:14 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/2007/09/20/sipo-press-release/#comment-290566 It is indeed extraordinary that SPOC have nothing to say about a finance minister who received bags of cash from a businessman a few days before he expected to become Taoiseach. Especially so given his varying bizarre stories are designed to obfuscate the investigations of Mahon. All of which has clearly undermined public trust in the body politic. One of the codes of ethics which SPOC is charged with overseeing is: Members must, in good faith, strive to <b>maintain the public trust</b> placed in them, and exercise the influence gained from their membership of Dáil Éireann to advance the public interest. (my emphasis - clearly Ahern in breach) It is indeed extraordinary that SPOC have nothing to say about a finance minister who received bags of cash from a businessman a few days before he expected to become Taoiseach.

Especially so given his varying bizarre stories are designed to obfuscate the investigations of Mahon. All of which has clearly undermined public trust in the body politic. One of the codes of ethics which SPOC is charged with overseeing is:

Members must, in good faith, strive to maintain the public trust placed in them, and exercise the influence gained from their membership of Dáil Éireann to advance the public interest. (my emphasis – clearly Ahern in breach)

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