The Five Demands

Il leader di Alliance Party ha richiesto un incontro con i familiari delle vittime della Bloody Sunday per chiarire la propria posizione in merito alle sue recenti dichiarazioni

David Ford si è detto dispiaciuto per la trafila di polemiche scaturite dopo che aveva affermato l’inutilità della’Inchiesta Saville.
“Non credo di essere l’unica persona in questa società ha pensare che spendere 200 milioni di sterline per arricchire un piccolo gruppo di avvocati sia necessariamente il modo migliore per affrontare la questione”, ha dichiarato Ford aggiungendo:  “”Non ho mai denigrato le vittime. Credo che siano state vittime della violenza perpetrata dai membri del reggimento paracadutisti che non sarebbe dovuta accadere. E’ stato un crimine”.
“La mia osservazione riguarda il procedimento di Saville”.

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Ford to meet Bloody Sunday families (U TV)
Alliance leader David Ford is to meet with the Bloody Sunday families on Thursday night, after criticism of his attitude towards the Saville Inquiry.
Mr Ford, tipped to take the justice minister post, referred to the inquiry as ‘pointless’ in an email to political colleagues, ahead of a parliamentary question session.
The Alliance leader said he regretted that offence had been caused: “I’ve already requested my staff set up a meeting which I gather some of the relations want.”
“I don’t think I’m the only person in this society who thinks spending £200m to enrich a small group of lawyers is necessarily the best way of handling the issue.”
Both the SDLP and Sinn Fein have denounced the comment.
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on Mr Ford to withdraw the remark: “He should do the honorable thing and request a meeting at the earliest convenience with the families.
“David Ford’s ill-advised comments regarding the Saville Inquiry are offensive and hurtful to the Bloody Sunday families who have campaigned with dignified resolve to expose the truth about the murders of their loved ones.”
While Foyle MP Mark Durkan has condemned Mr Ford’s choice of words as insensitive.
But the Alliance leader said that he has never been disparaging to the victims’ families.
“I have never denigrated the victims. I believe they were the victims of violence perpetrated by members of the parachute regiment which should not have happened. That was a crime.
“My issue is over the proceedings of Saville.”