"The Taoiseach has rejected suggestions that the nomination process for the presidential election is "anti-democratic" after a failure of Independent candidates to get on the ballot prompted calls for changes to the rules."
"Conservative activist Maria Steen, who fell short of the 20 TDs or senators needed to secure a nomination, criticised what she described as an "oppressive consensus" in Irish politics."
The Taoiseach has rejected suggestions that the nomination process for the presidential election is "anti-democratic" after Independent candidates failed to get on the ballot. That failure prompted calls for changes to the nomination rules. Conservative activist Maria Steen fell short of the 20 TDs or senators needed to secure a nomination and criticised what she described as an "oppressive consensus" in Irish politics. The current threshold prevented some Independent candidates from contesting the presidential election and highlighted tensions between party structures and independent candidacies within Ireland's electoral system.
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