Victims Will Remember McGuinness's Lies About Claudy and Dismiss Today's Platitudes
31 July 2012
Responding to Martin McGuinness’s remarks on the 40th anniversary of the Claudy bombing TUV leader Jim Allister said:“McGuinness’s comments about Claudy will cut no ice with those who will remember that the co-First Minister lied about never having met Roman Catholic priest, James Chesney. In 2002 McGuinness issued a statement to the BBC’s Spotlight programme saying: “I have never met Father Chesney, nor do I have any knowledge of him other than from media reports”.
“However, eight years later McGuinness admitted that he had met the Provo priest who is widely suspected as being behind the bombing on his death bed.
“Having admitted he lied over knowing Chesney, let McGuinness now tell all he knows about Claudy, his procession of a machine gun on “Bloody Sunday” and his involvement in multiple IRA murders. Until that happens the victims of IRA violence will threat his comments about Claudy being “indefensible and appalling” with the utter contempt they deserve.
“The 40th anniversary of this bombing causes us to remember again just why McGuinness is so unfit for office. Shame on those Unionists who helped elevate him to such a position!”
