DUP outrage at Anderson appointment is stomach-churning and ludicrous says UUP deputy leader
UUP Deputy Leader Danny Kennedy today said the DUP position about Martina Anderson being on the Policing Board was stomach churning.
Mr Kennedy said with Ian Paisley having a former IRA commander as his Deputy First Minister and having to nominate and sign papers to enable Brighton bomber Gerry Kelly to be a Junior Minister in his department, the cries of foul over Martina Anderson were ludicrous.
In a statement Mr Kennedy said,
DUP outrage at Martina Anderson’s appointment to the Policing Board is stomach churning. The fundamental weakness in their opposition to these appointments is that in just over 2 weeks time Ian Paisley will have a former IRA Commander as his Deputy First Minister and will have to sign and appoint Gerry Kelly as a Junior Minister in his own Department.
You can’t have it both ways by playing to the gallery and feigning mock outrage at Sinn Fein appointments to the Policing Board or Parades Commission Review Team while accepting Sinn Fein figures with strong IRA connections to Ministerial positions at the heart of government.
We all want to move on and make the Executive and Assembly a success and working for everyone in Northern Ireland, but we can do without this kind of stomach churning hypocrisy from the DUP. It is transparently obvious to everyone that their position on this matter is ludicrous.”