"Moral turpitude rules the day" - Allister
01 February 2009
Speaking at a fund-raising dinner for Fermanagh TUV, Jim Allister MEP spoke of the “moral turpitude” which hallmarks what he termed “the Belfast Agreement society”.
In the course of his remarks Mr Allister said:-
“This has been a week which exposed the sham and moral turpitude upon which our post Belfast Agreement society is built. When you reach the point when murderers are equated with those they murdered, then the moral dearth in high places is truly shocking.
While I make no excuses for Eames/Bradley and have nothing but disdain for their monstrous suggestion of wages for murder, I do have to recognise that when the highest political offices in the land, OFMDFM and the Executive, are constructed on the same amoral equivalence of democrat and terrorist, then what do we expect? Treating Martin McGuinness – the personification of the IRA’s murderous campaign – as fit to be Joint First Minister, is no different from treating the “volunteers” of his IRA as equal to their victims. Likewise, the hypocrisy of those who condemn Eames/Bradley, while every day they clutch IRA/Sinn Fein to their bosom in government, arises from the same loss of moral direction. Be it the political rewarding of terrorists with Executive office, or their financial rewarding through “recognition payments”, both are wrong.
The maxim of “that which is morally wrong, can never be politically right”, is as applicable to Peter Robinson as it is to Lord Eames.
Soon, in the European Election, the people of Northern Ireland will give their verdict on all these issues. Being the only candidate opposed to terrorists in government, I will be able to look the voters in the eye and afford them an honest invitation to join me in saying of terrorist-inclusive government, “Not in my name”. I will need no verbal gymnastics to explain or justify my stance.”
