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La Real IRA declina l’invito di Padre Michael Canny a sedersi al tavolo dei colloqui

In una dichiarazione rilasciata da un fonte vicina alla Real IRA, il gruppo dissidente repubblicano rifiuta l’invito di Padre Canny al colloquio, giunto dopo le serie minacce espresse contro la PSNI e Regina Elisabetta II, in occasione della Commemorazione di Pasqua celebrata presso il cimitero di Creggan a Derry, domenica 24 aprile.
Egli ha detto: “Laddove Padre Canny dice di non aver alcuna intenzione di scendere in diplomazia, troviamo impossibile mettere sullo stesso piano i commenti rilasciate ai media da Padre Canny secondo cui il movimento repubblicano dissidente non ha spazio di manovra e che le azioni dei repubblicani sono state quelli delle di uomini malvagi”.
“A causa di queste convinzioni preconcette espresse pubblicamente da Padre Canny, non vediamo alcuna ragione per scendere in colloqui con lui”.

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RIRA rejects priest’s offer of ‘peace talks’ (Belfast Telegraph)
The Real IRA has rejected a call to meet a priest for face-to-face peace talks.
Fr Michael Canny offered to meet the paramilitary group after it pledged to “execute” police officers irrespective of their religion.
In a statement issued yesterday, a source close to the dissident republican movement said it was rejecting Fr Canny’s overtures for unconditional talks.
He said: “While Fr Canny said he did not wish to engage in airwave diplomacy, we find that impossible to equate with Fr Canny’s media comments that the dissident republican movement has no room in which to manoeuvre and that the actions of dissident republicans were those of evil men.
“Because of these pre-conceived beliefs expressed by Fr Canny in the public domain, we do not feel there would be any merit in meeting with him.”