The Five Demands

Una lettera del NIO (Northern Ireland Office) indirizzata ai familiari di Pat Finucane, ha posto seri dubbi su una pubblica inchiesta in relazione al coinvolgimento dei servizi segreti nel suo assassinio.
Pat Finucane venne ucciso da un membro dell’UDA, il 12 febbraio di vent’anni fa, davanti alla sua famiglia.
Un’ivestigazione del 2003 aveva confermato la collusione dei servizi di sicurezza in questo caso di omicidio.
E’ di ieri sera la dichiarazione di un portavoce del NIO: “Abbiamo sempre detto che l’unico meccanismo per una inchiesta sulla uccisione di Pat Finucane è sottoposta ai termini dell’ Inquiries Act 2005. La posizione rimane invariata”.

Letter throws fresh doubt on Finucane killing probe (Belfast Telegraph)
The Government has been accused of threatening to rule out a public inquiry into security force collusion in the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.
The solicitor’s family has so far rejected Government attempts to launch a probe under the 2005 Inquiries Act, after the legislation was criticised for giving ministers undue influence over any investigation.
Now the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has sent a letter to the Finucane family suggesting ministers may decide it is no longer in the public interest to hold an inquiry — though last night a NIO spokesman claimed the Government position remained unchanged.
Pat Finucane, a 39-year-old father-of-three, was shot dead by the UDA in front of his family on February 12, 1989.
In 2003 an investigation confirmed there was security force collusion in the case.
Last night a spokesman for the NIO responded: “We have always said that the only mechanism for an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is under the terms of the 2005 Inquiries Act. That remains the position.”