Hussey slams IRSP statement as “Incitement to Hatred”
Ulster Unionist Strabane District Councillor and member of Strabane DPP, Derek Hussey, has rounded angrily on statements issued through the Strabane Chronicle by a Mr Willie Gallagher on behalf of the ’so called’ IRSP representing the INLA in the area.
Mr Hussey said “Surely to God we have had enough of this type of rhetoric over the past 40 years.
“Citizens want peace of mind and normality within our community, throughout our District area and indeed the whole of Northern Ireland.
“Last week we witnessed the IRSP calling on citizens to reject those within our community who want to contribute to normality and just want to get on with living, of whatever creed. To once again place them in threat of removal of the most basic of human rights - the right to life - is surely tantamount to incitement to terror!.
“Mr Gallagher stated ‘There are armed groups within our community who are willing to take action against spies or informers’.
“It is because of the continued existence of such people in our community that the Police Service must take every precaution in dealing with these types of situations. They haven’t gone away yet but it is time that they did!
“I call on the elected majority within the Nationalist/republican community to refute ‘without reservation’ these threats to their fellow citizens in the Strabane area and beyond.