Government should go to people for mandate, says Adams

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has called for an immediate general election, saying the Government should seek a new mandate for its controversial proposals.

Speaking in Dublin yesterday, Mr Adams claimed the Government had caused the economic crisis and was now pushing through massively unfair policies to make up for its mistakes.

“The Government’s time is up. They have constantly misled people about the origins of the economic crisis and the cost and implications of their policies,” he said. “The people and politics that caused this crisis are the same who are now presenting us with NAMA [and] the savage cuts from An Bord Snip and the Commission on Taxation report.