Leo Varadkar Slams Maria Steen for Ignoring 'Rule of Law'

Leo Varadkar slams Maria Steen for ignoring 'rule of law'

Leo Varadkar has hit out at Maria Steen after she called for the Presidential Election to be cancelled. Steen claimed that the political legitimacy of the race has been ‘further undermined’ by Jim Gavin dropping out on Sunday night. The Fianna Fáil candidate officially ended his campaign but his name will remain on the ballot paper and votes for him will still be counted. Maria Steen was two short of the required 20 nominations. Pic: Sam Boal/C…

Maria Steen says presidential election should be cancelled

Maria Steen has called for the presidential election to be cancelled and rerun, after news broke that Jim Gavin has dropped out of the race. The barrister said she feels that Jim's exit 'further undermined' the 'political legitimacy' of the election, which she believes was 'already in doubt due to the closing of ranks by the major parties.' Today's top videos Maria tried to run in the election as an Independent candidate, but missed out on a pl…