Sinn
Fein must keep its promises
From DAILY TELEGRAPH February 17th, 2000
They must persuade us that they have genuinely given up violence for good.
They must see that there is no role for the IRA and its arms. Let me finally
make one thing clear. The Ulster Unionist Party committed itself in April
1998 to inclusive government. That remains our position. Unionist ministers
worked with Sinn Fein and SDLP ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive.
We know that the future must be based on Unionists and nationalists working
together. But society can no longer allow a few hundred IRA members to veto
the progress desired by the huge majority of people in Ireland, north and
south. The author was until recently Northern Ireland's First Minister |
