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   From: Spamassassin@irrt.De   
      
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   "MMG    17 days ago   
   “As I have said before, and needs to be repeated, the President has zero    
   executive power.”   
      
      
   Not quite zero.   
      
      
   According to the oath of office/declaration, the first duty of the    
   President is to “maintain the Constitution”.   
      
      
   The President is also appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the Defense    
   Forces.   
      
      
   In all actions he/she takes, the President is required to act on the    
   advice of the Government.   
      
      
   But his/her primary duty is to “maintain the Constitution'“, therefore,    
   if the President considers the Gov advice to be unconstitutional, it must    
   be disregarded.   
      
      
   In particular, except in case of invasion, Article 28.3.1 requires the    
   Dail to make a formal declaration of war or give equivalent assent to    
   participation in a war before the Defense Forces can participate in a    
   war. “War shall not be declared and the state shall not participate in    
   any war save with the assent of Dáil Éireann.”   
      
      
   NATO is a 99.99999% participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War, doing    
   everything except direct infantry combat on the front lines. Therefore,    
   cooperation with NATO in providing support to Ukraine amounts to    
   participation in the war. Certainly, this is the Russian position.    
   Legalistic quibbling about what is and what is not participation in a war    
   is not adjudicated in a court, but only by the unanimity of the    
   belligerents, and in the case of the RUW, there is no such unanimity,    
   therefore Ireland IS a participant in the war.   
      
      
   Dail Eireann has not given explicit assent to participation in the war,    
   therefore DF participation in it is unconstitutional.   
      
      
   The President could ignore the Government advice and order the DF to    
   cease all cooperation with NATO and Ukrainian Armed Forces in relation to    
   the conflict pending a formal declaration of war or equivalent explicit    
   assent by Dail Eireann to participation in it."   
   arsa   
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