You cannot deny an Opposition in Stormont and be surprised when it emerges on the streets
23 January 2013
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allster:-
“When the political elite devise a self-serving system at Stormont which denies an opposition, they should not be surprised when opposition emerges on the streets.
“In a regular democracy an Opposition at Stormont would be securing debates and giving voice to concerns which in our absurd system are driven to the streets.
“If politicians ever want to address the cause of protest and give it an alternative outlet, then, they must face up to the imperative of fundamental reform of Stormont and, in particular, the establishment of the fundamental democratic right of permitting an Opposition. Totalitarian rule may be the way in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), but it should have no place in Stormont. Yet, by suppressing the right to an Opposition is how we are governed in this part of the UK, courtesy of the iniquitous Belfast Agreement.
“The totalitarians of Stormont will not lecture protestors off the streets, rather they must provide a democratic alternative, which they currently deny.”
