-Caveat Lector- On 5 Jan 2003 at 9:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:09:26 +0000 > From: J B Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: OATHS AND HONOURS > > CELTIC LEAGUE PRESS INFORMATION > > > > OATHS AND HONOURS > > Calls in Wales and Mann to end sycophantic oath of allegiance to the > Crown. N. Ireland has already consigned it to the dustbin of history > > > > The contentious issue of oaths of allegiances and the Honours system > provoked controversy in various parts of the Celtic world over the > festive period. > > In Mann the leader of the Manx Nationalist Party, Mec Vannin, issued a > stinging denunciation of the honours system after it was revealed that > a former Chief Secretary to the Manx government had received the OBE. > > Mark Kermode, Chairman of Mec Vannin, also used the opportunity > provided by the annual Illiam Dhone commemoration (at which > nationalists remember the matyrdom of a 17th century hero) to question > the political morality of requiring those wishing to stand for the > Manx parliament to have to swear an oath of allegiance if elected and > also the requirement to declare your nationality as British on > electoral nomination forms. > > However, it was not just in the Isle of Man that the relevance and > validity of the oath and other Royal encumbrances was exciting > passions. > > In Cymru, the Welsh Assembly's Presiding Officer sparked a > constitutional > row by calling for the oath of allegiance to the Queen, sworn by > Assembly > members, to be scrapped. > > Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas said loyalty to the Crown should not be a test > of members' ability to represent the people of Wales. > > In an article in the left-wing Plaid Cymru on-line magazine, Triban > Coch, he also went further suggesting that the prefix "Royal" should > be dropped from the names of the Royal Welsh Show and the Royal > National Eisteddfod. > > Lord Elis-Thomas told Triban Coch: > > > > "It [the oath of allegiance] doesn't happen in Northern Ireland and > they shouldn't have it here. > > It should not be a test of one's ability to represent the people of > Wales to have to assent to an oath to the Monarch." > > > > He said that he would try to use a second Government of Wales Bill to > abolish the oath and went on: > > > > "We can stop inviting the Royal family, all we have got to do is by > resolution decide we don't want to have anything to do with them." > > > > The comments have provoked a predictable response from supporters of > the Crown and doubtless the parallel comment made in Mann by Mark > Kermode will attract criticism. > > However, it is clear now that as the former United Kingdom fragments > more people are prepared to speak out and seek an end to the > sycophancy of these historical irrelevancies. > > > > Bernard Moffatt > > Secretary General A<:>E<:>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forwarded for your information. 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