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3. National Principles
  
  Article 22- One Ireland   
22.1 One Island and territories  
  Ireland is one island and associated smaller island territories. It has always historically been one land and has rightfully been governed by an independent and sovereign single form of government during more than one period of its history.  
  There can be no disputing such facts by any person of reasonable and sound mind, not can it be disputes that Ireland has historically been a separate territory from other nations for the majority of the past two thousand years. Therefore its rightful status as its own sovereign and independent and wholly complete land cannot be morally contested.  
22.2 The turbulent history of England and Ireland  
  The history of Ireland and England has been one of great turbulence and cruelty from both sides. While England has enacted periods of conscious and deliberate genocide on the innocent people of Ireland, Irish loyalists have murdered and tortured innocents in reply.  
  Therefore no party, no cause or group is without blood on their hands. Such has been the feud between these two great nations that acts of evil have only strengthened the resolve of each camp to not give an inch or negotiate any reasonable terms of settlement.  
  So it is in the twenty-first century we find the extraordinary circumstance that two nations who are members of a common Union, two nations who now work more closely together than ever before still find the issue of resolving the rightful ceding of sovereign territory back to Ireland an issue of intractable delay and dispute.  
  More recently, the forces who would still seek the annexation of Ireland to continue have sought to rekindle the flame of warfare, only to provide new horrors to justify the unjustifiable. By this constitution, no longer shall such false arguments and murderous acts be given any moral ground or standing .  
22.3 The rights of all residents of Ireland enshrined in this Constitution  
  By this constitution, the rights of all Irish, regardless of religious or cultural heritage are enshrined and protected. These rights are stronger and clearer than those espoused by the most democratic and "enlightened democracies" of the world. Therefore, no argument of greater or lesser rights as justification for the continued support of division and foreign occupation of Ireland can be justified.  
  Furthermore, no argument by England that the continued annexation of Ireland is to protect the rights of the community shall have any moral standing as such claims shall now be clearly untrue and deliberately misleading.  
22.4 The equality of prosperity and standards of good governance established in this Constitution  
  By this constitution, the equality of prosperity for all Irish and the good governance of economics and trade are clearly established. Therefore arguments of separateness on the basis of greater individual prosperity and good governance shall be clearly fraudulent. Furthermore, arguments that claim the end of occupation would spell economic reprisals again have no moral or rational standing for such arguments are patently untrue.  
  The due diligence and standards of governance by this constitution are stronger and higher than the most transparent of modern economies. Therefore, arguments of fear against unity shall themselves be shown as corrupt and without basis.  
22.5 This constitution as a treaty of peace and respect for all the peoples of Ireland  
  Finally, this constitution represents a treaty of peace and respect for all the peoples and cultures of Ireland. It represents nothing less than a sacred oath that the state shall never permit its instruments to be used to force individuals of different ethnic background, religion and cultures to be intimidated and threatened into acting in a certain manner.  
  It is by the will of the individual communities, states, provinces and people of Ireland that "united we are greater, than we are divided" that Ireland shall prosper and thrive. Therefore arguments for continued foreign occupation of Ireland on the basis of fear of attack shall be seen as pure propaganda and deliberate falsehoods.  
  While such forces both on Irish soil and in England may continue to try to maintain division in the affairs of Ireland long after this Constitution has been ratified, by this Constitution, it shall be through the peaceful means of the will of the people that shall finally free the citizens of such provinces and finally rid Ireland of such interference and falsehoods.  
     
 
 

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