Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, has won the confidence vote held Tuesday, Jan. 18 in his party, Fianna Fail, obtaining insurance to remain in his head to the laws of March. Faced with the rebellion that has been brewing for months within the Fianna Fail, fueled by economic difficulties, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) had called Sunday evening to organize a vote of confidence from the parliamentary group of his training .Following a meeting of several hours, the secret ballot gave a majority of votes to Mr Cowen on the 71 voting. The rebellion within the party was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Michael Martin. But the prime minister won support weight Tuesday noon, a few hours of polling, with the rallying of his Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan, considered a possible candidate to head the party.
Mr Lenihan has provided unwavering support to the head of government, which he described as "excellent". "He struggled, but he is the best person to lead us to elections," he said on RTE radio. The vote only concerned that Brian Cowen as leader of his party: even if unsuccessful, he remained prime minister until the next general election, to be held March 25.
But the Prime Minister's position very unpopular, was further weakened, while the Irish Parliament should adopt the Finance Act this year, to which the vast bailout of Ireland international. This plan of a $ 85 billion of which 17.5 billion provided by Dublin has already been adopted by parliamentarians.
Brian Cowen is under fire from critics since he accepted that his country be call for international assistance to prevent the sinking of Irish banks. He is also accused of "collusion" with the former boss of Anglo Irish Bank Sean FitzPatrick. The latter has indeed revealed in a book to have played golf and dined with Brian Cowen, then minister of finance, just before the development of the rescue plan of this institution.
Brian Cowen directs since 2008 the coalition government formed by Fianna Fail and the Greens. The centrist Fianna Fail party would in all probability be defeated in the March elections by a coalition between Labour and Fine Gael (center).
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