Oath to the King: Monarchists complain about exclusion from public debate

It’s true that we look like aliens. But we have something to sayargued his spokesman, Karim Al-Dahdah, in an interview on Tuesday on the show All in one morningon ICI Premiere.

A few hours from the depot invoice making the controversial oath optional in the National Assembly, the spokesman for the Monarchist League of Canada in Quebec denounced a one-sided public debate from which the monarchist voice was excluded.

According to him, only one message was hammered out, the oath is obsolete, archaicbut nothing on the meaning of the symbol the Monarchist League has fought for since its inception in 1970.

We are supporters of Canadian unity, we are committed to Canadian heritage, symbols and traditionssummed up Mr. Al-Dahdah plaintively a rage against the monarchy.

Nothing is more Canadian than the monarchy…as Canadian as maple syrup, Niagara Falls, hockey. »

A quote from Karim Al-Dahdah, spokesman for the Monarchist League of Canada in Quebec

Outdated for some, still represents the monarchy a bond with history, traditions, folkloredeclared this supporter of the national union. By definition, traditions are timeless, they are long-term, […] it is something that is part of our identity.

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In addition, Mr Al-Dahdah said he was shocked by certain information in the media that he believed to be false. We’re talking about an oath by the King of England, but he’s the Canadian head of state, he’s not a foreign monarch he’s defending. The monarch is the embodiment of the Canadian state, the rule of law, democracy.

When Charles III. When he became king, he not only took on the habit of Head of State of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, but also that of the Anglican Church, a title strategically well remembered Stirring up passions, bringing back the old demons of the past and positioning the PQ and Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon as victims, martyrs of the nationalist cause.

Last Wednesday, Prime Minister François Legault confirmed his government’s intention to pass a law abolishing the obligation for MPs to take the oath to King Charles III.

On this day, the three members of the Parti Québécois could not enter the blue room, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Assembly had barred them from entering because they had not sworn the oath to the king. For her part, the President of the National Assembly, Nathalie Roy, underlined that this was the case belonged to the chosen ones to change the rules and not to the presidency.

Minister Jean-François Roberge, responsible for democratic institutions, will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon on the presentation of the draft law recognizing the oath of respect of the National Assembly provided for in the law as the only obligatory oath.

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