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| DUP DO SINN FEIN BIDDING AT EVERY TURN - HUSSEY |
| • 31st Jul 2010 |
| • The most recent installment of the Maze saga makes me wonder what on earth is going on with the DUP? |
Dear Sir,
The most recent installment of the Maze saga makes me wonder what on earth is going on with the DUP?
I am utterly incredulous at recent developments. First Ian Paisley said he would accept Martin McGuinness as First Minister, and then Peter Robinson acquiesced to Sinn Fein’s desire for a Conflict Resolution Facility which must naturally include a Republican shrine. What next?
The Maze has been a major stumbling block for years – one of many standing in the way of Executive progress – yet suddenly we have a ‘solution’.
Given the fact that recent months have shown just how entrenched Northern Ireland’s divisions remain, tackling the issue of the Conflict Resolution Facility seems more than a little over-ambitious.
The Maze prison is regarded very differently by different political traditions and there is every likelihood that it will become a part of the problem rather than a mechanism for resolution.
The retention of those sections of the prisons that are listed is likely to result in the creation of a terrorist shrine, why then has the DUP Environment Minister not moved to have them de-listed?
It is already ludicrous that the last development masterplan - which included a state of the art national multi-sports stadium for the site - was scrapped, apparently due to the non-agreement between First Minister and deputy First Minister.
Now, with the stadium shelved, the Conflict Resolution Facility is back on the table.
As they seem resigned to do Sinn Fein’s bidding at every turn, what exactly do the DUP stand for now?
Councillor Derek Hussey,
Ulster Unionist spokesperson for victims’ issues
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