Politicians in Northern Ireland will return Stormont Later, a message was sent to the British government that they would not accept the plan to terminate the prosecution of troublesome crimes.
General Assembly It has been recalled from the summer recess due to growing anger at the Secretary of State’s proposal announced last week. Brandon Lewis Deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland.
At the same time, victims of terrorism are expected to go Downing Street Hand in a letter stating that they oppose the so-called “de facto amnesty”.
Mr. Lewis announced last week that he intends to pass legislation to establish a proposed statute of limitations that will end prosecutions for all incidents before April 1998 and will apply to veterans and former paramilitary personnel.
Proposal from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson It said that Northern Ireland will be allowed to “draw the line under trouble” and will also end all remaining investigations and civil litigation related to the conflict.
But these proposals have been severely criticized by all major political parties in Northern Ireland, the Irish government, and a series of victim and survivor groups.
As part of this line, SDLP submitted a petition for the recall of Stormont and received the 30 signatures required by the MLA.
The conference will debate a motion that stipulates that “victims and survivors should play a full, material and core role, and participate in the content and design of structures to solve problems left over from the past.”
The motion also calls for mutual legal assistance to “reject the proposal on the statute of limitations for criminal investigations and prosecutions,” and calls on the Westminster government to withdraw the plan.
Nichola Mallon, the deputy leader of SDLP who filed the petition for removal, said that this was an opportunity for political leaders to “united and clearly opposed the British government’s proposal for an amnesty for people involved in trouble-related crimes”.
She added: “When Parliament is recalled, political leaders have the opportunity to send a clear message to Boris Johnson and Brandon Lewis. There can be no amnesty of any kind, and every party needs to express this.
“The proposed amnesty announced last week is a heavy blow to the victims, and many victims have been trying for years to find the exact circumstances behind the deaths of their loved ones.
“The British government’s arrogant statement, Boris Johnson said that it will’draw the line under trouble’, in fact the opposite is true. These plans have traumatized the victims again and forced them to experience the pain of losing their loved ones again.
The British government cannot be allowed to decide who should get justice and on what conditions.Can’t let them extinguish the victims’ hope
“The British government cannot be allowed to decide who should get justice and on what conditions. They cannot be allowed to extinguish the hopes of the victims.”
Some families of the victims are expected to go to Downing Street on Tuesday to express their opposition to the statute of limitations plan.
They are expected to include Raymond McCord, a veteran victim activist, his 22-year-old son Raymond Jr. was murdered by UVF in Belfast in 1997, and Billy McManus, his father William was one of five people killed in February 1992. UFF opened fire on the Sean Graham Gaming Company on the lower section of Ormeau Road in Belfast. Joe Campbell jnr’s father Joseph, a Catholic policeman, was shot and killed outside the Cushendall RUC station in 1977, and the victim of the IRA’s Birmingham Bar bombing Family members were killed in 1974, 21 of them.
