Dana defends use of Constitution as a ‘prop’

PRESIDENTIAL candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon has defended her decision to produce a copy of the Constitution at public events saying “it isn’t a prop for me, it is a prop for the entire country”.

The independent candidate said she brandishes the document regularly as “it protects the people”.

“The only reason that I bring it around is because it protects people. For far too long people haven’t realised that. The Constitution has been left on the bottom shelf gathering dust. The rights of the people have not been protected, the right for a say in the bank guarantee, a right for a say in the bailout or for a say in what is happening to our budget now it is under the control of people we didn’t elect,” she said.