Irish Senator David Norris's Presidential Election Campaign is now in trouble as several key campaign aides have resigned following recent revelations about the Senator and his long time partner Ezra Yizhak Nawi from Israel. In 1997 Ezra Nawi was convicted in Israel of statutory rape of a 15 year old Palestinian boy in 1992.
Senator Norris sent a letter to the Israeli Court asking for clemency and/or leniency in the sentencing of Ezra Nawi. The letter was on Seanad Eireann stationery and Norris tried to argue that under Irish Law, Nawi wouldn't have been convicted and if he were convicted, he wouldn't be expected to serve a custodial sentence. The letter is part character reference and part legal argument.
He is also in trouble over statements he reportedly made in Magill Magazine ten years ago. The article in Magill magazine can be read here part 1 Part 2 Part 3. Just zoom in to make the writing bigger and easier to read. Norris disputes the remarks and says they were taken out of context.
Ireland will have come a long way from Dev if this guy is elected President of Ireland.
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