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CLINTON VISIT SHOULD CONCENTRATE MINDS ON NEED TO DEVOLVE JUSTICE
AND POLICING SDLP Justice spokesman Alban Maginness has welcomed US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to the Assembly and said her visit should concentrate minds on completing the unfinished business of the Good Friday Agreement and securing the devolution of policing and justice. He said: “Hilary Clinton has been a long-time friend of Ireland and our peace process. Her commitment to peace cannot be questioned and we welcome her visit to Ireland. “Today her visit to the Assembly should serve as a timely reminder of the unfinished business of the Good Friday Agreement namely the devolution of policing and justice. “The principle of the devolution of justice and policing is one that the SDLP cherishes and champions. We have pressed, urged and called for the devolution of justice and policing for many years. “We have also consistently said that the parties here should unite to deliver the devolution of justice and policing, not only by completing the Good Friday Agreement but by facing down the sinister threat from so-called republican so-called dissidents. “We have said consistently that those people are still using the old Provo-speak of “Crown forces”, “British police force”, “collaboration” and “collusion”, which is what we heard from the Provos and Sinn Féin during the 1980s and 1990s. “They are using that language not only to intimidate members of the Police Service and to extend that intimidation and threat to their families but to try to create a wider sense of intimidation and fear across the community. “Devolution of justice and policing it is an important power and something that all of us want to see happening sooner rather than later.”
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