Published Date:
16 February 2009
The 2006 Victims and Survivors Order employs the same definition of victim as that which Lord Eames and Denis Bradley appear to be contemplating (i.e. it puts the terrorist killed by his or her own bomb in the same category as an innocent victim).
The claim by North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds that the DUP is working at Stormont to overturn this flawed piece of legislation is totally disingenuous.
Due to the absolute veto that Sinn Fein has over everything that happens at Stormont, this is impossible – as Mr Dodds very well knows.
The DUP is unable to deliver on this most fundamental of issues. If I am wrong, I invite Mr Dodds to clarify how he proposes to achieve this laudable objective.
The uncomfortable truth is that his own party leader as joint First Minister, alongside Martin McGuinness, heads an office which operates under the constraints of this definition.
And could I suggest that that devolution which cannot deliver change to the 2006 Order isn't worth having?
Ivor McConnell,
Upper Bann Traditional Unionist View
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Last Updated:
16 February 2009 9:19 AM
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Source:
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Location:
Belfast
