The following platform piece from Jim Allister appeared in today’s News Letter:
The OTR scandal provides a glimpse into the political corruption and skulduggery that spawned and drove the ‘peace process’. When government, which above all ought to protect innocent victims, colludes with the victim-makers to assure them sanctuary, then, it not only betrays their victims but has plumbed the depths of moral corruption. Continue Reading…
Every year since the Madrid bombings in 2004 the European Union has dedicated one day in March as a Memorial Day to the victims of terrorist attacks. Prior to the election of Jim Allister to the Assembly this event had never been marked at Stormont. However, the TUV leader rectified this situation and has hosted two highly successful events attended by victims of Republican and Loyalist terrorism from across Northern Ireland.
Mr Allister is again hosting an event in the Senate Chamber in Parliament Buildings at 10.30am for 11am on Monday 10th March 2013. Continue Reading…
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“I had a long standing appointment to meet the Secretary of State today. Indeed her office phoned on Monday to confirm that it was still going ahead and ask what we wanted put on the agenda. Continue Reading…
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:-
“The secret negotiations with the Provos, which gifted their OTRs the comfort of effective immunity, undermined and blunted the HET’s work. While victims craved justice their government was conspiring with the victim-makers to ensure it wouldn’t be obtained. That is the obscenity of the OTR deal. Continue Reading…
Below is Jim Allister’s speech during today’s Assembly debate:
“The affirmation that justice in a democracy must be done and must be seen to be done is not only a catchphrase but a fundamental principle that underlies the operation of a judicial system. The sordid arrangement that the Government perfected with the spokesmen and representatives of murderers, terrorists and some of the vilest criminals goes to the very heart of undermining our judicial and justice system. It subverts not only the political process but the judicial process, and those who perfected it were the British Government and the IRA through its surrogates, Sinn Féin. Of course, it is made worse by the fact that it was kept secret. It was something that was done in secret, behind closed doors and to be kept secret, and it has done great despite not only to the justice system but to the citizens who rely on that justice system, particularly the innocent victims who plaintively believed that, one day, they might get justice while not knowing that some of the victim makers were walking around free of that threat and obligation. Continue Reading…
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:-
“If Peter Robinson accepts what the Prime Minister has offered, then, he will have buckled within 24 hours of playing the hard man.
“Having attacked the evolution, secrecy and operation of the OTR scheme and demanded to know who they were and who knew, what the First Minister demanded was “a full judicial inquiry into all of these matters.” What he has got is a mere judge-led review to “determine whether any other letters were sent in error”. There will be no public inquiry, no taking of evidence in public, no witnesses called, rather an administrative review of the paperwork, dressed up for the gullible as something more. As for rescinding of the letters, which Arlene Foster stressed was a resigning issue, it isn’t even mentioned! Continue Reading…
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“I have today written to the Chief Constable asking how many HET investigations have been impacted by the issuing of “comfort letters” to “on the runs”. It is essential that victims have clarity on this point.
“I have also written to the Attorney General, John Larkin QC, today asking if since coming to office he has been involved in any way in the “administrative scheme”. Continue Reading…
Reacting to the news that Republicans are organising a party in Donegal to welcome John Downey home Jim Allister said:
“It is bad enough that the innocent victims of the Hyde Park bombing were betrayed by their government to prop up the grubby “peace process” in Northern Ireland but now Sinn Fein/IRA are rubbing their noses in it by organising a party to celebrate Downey’s return from London. Continue Reading…
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“Peter Robinson’s threat to resign over the fallout from the Downey judgement is bluster.
“Many of the facts surrounding these get out of jail free cards have yet to emerge but it is evident that the Government saw dealing with on the run terrorists as key to getting Stormont back up and running. Continue Reading…
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:
“First and foremost my thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones in the IRA’s Hyde Park bombing, and all other victims of the 187 afforded amnesty. They have been cruelly denied justice because of a sordid deal with a Government which evidently viewed keeping the corrupt “peace process” on track as more important than securing justice for the citizens whose primary duty it was to defend. Continue Reading…
