Allister outraged over DUP approval of Provo funding
01 January 2009
Statement by TUV MEP Jim Allister
“I am outraged that the First Minister has approved millions of Peace III funding to ex-prisoner groups, most of it for groups representing IRA terrorists.
Approval for this funding had been log-jammed since August following objections from myself and others, especially innocent victim’s groups who have not been given one penny of Peace III funds. Now the First Minister, along with McGuinness, has authorised the pay-out.
This is a monstrous decision. What is the point of the DUP being in government if it is not even prepared to exercise a veto over Provo funding? I suspect the go-ahead for this package was another part of the secret deal with Sinn Fein to end their Executive boycott, but it was held back to try and sneak it out under the media radar at the mouth of Christmas.
With everyday that passes DUP/SF government covers itself in deeper infamy as far as ordinary Unionists and innocent victims are concerned.”
