KENNEDY CALLS ON DUP LEADERSHIP TO EXPLAIN COSY CO-OPTION WITH REPUBLICANS IN ARMAGH BUT FORCING BY-ELECTION IN DROMORE WITH OTHER UNIONISTS
Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader and Newry and Armagh MLA Danny Kennedy challenged the DUP Leadership to explain why they agreed to the co-option of a Sinn Fein Member of Armagh City and District when they had forced a by-election in the Dromore area of Banbridge and had refused the co-option of an Ulster Unionist member.
In a statement Mr Kennedy said,
“Ratepayers in the Banbridge area can see the utter hypocrisy of the socalled leading Unionist party agreeing to a cosy arrangement in one council area with Republicans while opposing a co-option with other Unionists in another Council area.
This is a massive double-standard and I call on the DUP Leadership to explain why this decision was made.
This move is indicative of the increasing cosy relationship between DUP and Sinn Fein not just at Stormont but also at local council level.”