TUV calls on AOH to act against McGeough
21 February 2011
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:-
“AOH claims to be anti-violence. Following the conviction of its Tyrone President, Gerry McGeough, of the attempted murder of Samuel Brush, will it now move, as it should, to expel him? This is a test of its bona fides. Is attempting to murder a postman, because he was a
“The community is watching to see where the AOH stands, and will judge them according to their actions.
“I must also comment on the outrageous comments of Government Minister Gildernew, which demonstrated that she and her party are still on the side of the law-breaker. By denouncing the conviction and even the prosecution of IRA terrorist McGeough, who of course when he attempted to murder Mr Brush was acting on behalf of IRA/Sinn Fein, she proves what TUV has long maintained, that Sinn Fein’s supposed support for the rule of law is phoney and self-serving.
“Since it was the DUP that promised us Sinn Fein had changed and now supports British justice, Gildernew’s outburst is also a matter for them to deal with. They won’t, of course, because far from ‘putting manners” on Sinn Fein, as their last Assembly manifesto promised, they are their buddies and guarantors in government.
“How Arlene Foster can stand beside Sammy Brush outside court and sit inside government with the organisation of those who tried to murder him – and with ministers who still justify it – is part of the moral deficit of DUP/Sinn Fein rule.”
