Adams: Government's water charge u-turn 'a desperate attempt to cling to power'
Sinn Féin is calling for a mass mobilisation of people to protest against water charges in Dublin next month.
The Right2Water campaign, which is organising the demonstration, says it expects an historic turn-out for its rally at the Dáil on December 10.
Around 100,000 people took part in their last protest.
Organisers of next months demonstration say the protest to abolish water charges will go ahead despite the Government’s new package plan announced earlier this week.
The Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams is calling on people to send a strong message to the government.
“As with every other issue, Fine Gael and Labour have failed to listen to citizens on the water charges,” he said.
“The Government's latest policy is all about giving themselves a lifeline to run their full term. It's not about easing the pressure on those who cannot pay water charges.
“What we got on Wednesday was a PR offensive - a desperate attempt by Fine Gael and Labour to cling to power for the next year.
“Water charges have not been scrapped, the water metering programme will continue, metered charges are coming in, they will only go up, and there is still no constitutional right to water.
“This cynical Government manoeuvre will not work. The people are not stupid. It fails to address the demands of the hundreds of thousands of citizens who have taken to the streets on this issue.
“Sinn Féin is a central part of the Right2Water campaign and I am calling for the maximum possible turnout in protest against Water Charges on December 10 to deliver a strong message that Water Charges must be scrapped.”
