Allister challenges Orde's attack on Judiciary
28 April 2004
DUP European election candidate, Jim Allister QC, has today responded to the Chief Constable’s attack on
Jim Allister said, "The Chief Constable's attack on
It is particularly inappropriate and bad form that his attack should be launched from abroad.
We all want to see paramilitaries and criminals caught and serving a prison sentence for their crimes. Hugh Orde is merely seeking headlines rather than addressing the real issue. This political Chief Constable has an unhealthy inclination to try and interfere in the independent judicial process. His frequent attacks on the bail process are yet another example.
The greatest assault in recent years on the credibility of the judicial process was the Belfast Agreement's early release scheme, which made a mockery of due process of law whereby sentences imposed for the most heinous of crimes were set aside as a sop to terrorism. If Mr Orde wants to address the real issues undermining the judicial and sentencing process, then let him start there."