`Anti-Agreement wreckers must not succeed'

Wednesday October 09, 2002 11:50

by McDoggle

Ó Caoláin Sinn Féin tables Dáil motion on crisis in peace process Sinn Féin TDs have tabled a Dáil motion on the current crisis in the peace process. They are seeking a special debate this week as the political institutions established under the Agreement face collapse. The party's Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said:

``The events of the past few days are the working out of the Wreckers' Charter adopted by the Ulster Unionist Council on 21 September. Anti-Agreement unionists are now clearly in the ascendant and the raid on the office of our party colleagues in Stormont was part of the effort to blame Sinn Féin for the collapse of the political institutions.

``The real agenda is not in the spins coming from the RUC/PSNI and widely carried in the media. The real agenda is set out in the UUC motion of 21 September which focuses on rolling back the political changes since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The UUC are opposed to Sinn Féin in government - so are the securocrats in the RUC/PSNI. The UUC are opposed to the establishment of a real policing service - so are the securocrats.

``We are calling for a special Dáil debate and have put down a motion opposing the suspension of the political institutions. I have written to the Taoiseach directly seeking such a debate.''

That the Dáil:

Reiterates its support for the Good Friday Agreement and the institutions established under it;
Urges all parties to fully support the Agreement and its institutions, based as they are on the principle of inclusivity and respect for all electoral mandates;
Would strongly oppose a suspension of the institutions by the British government;
Calls upon the Irish Government to defend and promote the Agreement and the agenda for real change, reconciliation and lasting peace in Ireland.
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Seán Crowe, Martin Ferris, Arthur Morgan.

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Working Class

by Des

Wed Oct 09, 2002 20:48

What on earth did this "agreement" produce for working class people on either side of the divide, answer absolutely nothing. Politicians from both sides have got their hands on large salaries and expense accounts while at the same time privatising schools and closing hospitals. Is this what the very brave people who died on hunger strike or lost their lives in a war against a modern european army died for??? I don't think so.

I amit to wondering did that debate happen in the Oireachtas.

by archivist

Sat Dec 17, 2005 16:37

the joint statement made by the Irish and UK government makes very interesting reading now.
http://www.irelandemb.org/press/207.html
and of course the declaration by Bertie Ahern
http://www.irelandemb.org/press/208.html
and how the other Ahern lauded the "candour" of the British PM who was running an agent in Stormont just a while later-
http://www.irelandemb.org/press/212.html
Ah yes but they had just started talking about WMD back then as well.

Theyre talking a load of rubbish anyway

by Barry

Sun Dec 18, 2005 01:01

Despite publicly slabbering about securocrats and the like just a couple of days ago Adams said he " absolutely respects" Tony Blair (this is tony blair that invaded Iraq) , and admires how he made Labour electable . Over a few glasses of wine and a nice dinner in Westminster , no less

http://b4.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1134839454&user=32csm

And theyre joining the cops soon too apparently

the slimy traitorous fecker will end up with a knighthood at this rate .

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