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MAGINNESS WELCOMES CARDINAL'S COMMENTS ON DISSIDENTS Responding to Cardinal Sean Brady’s comments on the threat posed by dissident republican groups, SDLP Justice Spokesperson Alban Maginness MLA stated: “The cardinal’s comments are timely and welcome. He is of course, correct when he says that the failure of the Executive to meet since June has created uncertainty that is affecting the lives and livelihoods of people across the North, and is also giving oxygen to dissident groups and others who wish to drag us back to the darkest days of our past. The SDLP is clear that the Devolution of policing and justice is the best way to combat and isolate the threat posed by dissident groups, and the SDLP wants it to happen now. It is right and proper that our legislative assembly should be responsible for criminal law and help fend off the threat of dissident violence. Devolution of Policing and Justice would also be the best way of marshalling the full mandate of all the parties in the Assembly against the continued threat from dissident republican groups. That is another pressing reason to unite to secure the further devolution of justice and policing alongside our other democratic responsibilities. The more any party delays this, the more that party plays into the hands of these illegal and all too active groups.” ENDS |
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