Tom Elliott has stated that the families of the innocent people murdered by the IRA have been practically ignored whilst the authorities invest hundreds of millions into investigating incidents involving the security forces.
Tom Elliott said:
“The announcement that the PPS is considering a variety of charges against former soldiers in relation to Bloody Sunday highlights the lack of proportionality in terms of dealing with the past.
“The IRA and its supporters have tried to use Bloody Sunday as an excuse for their crimes against the people of Northern Ireland and this will continue to be used as another propaganda tool to demonise the British Army and the rest of the security forces.
“Hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent on an inquiry into Bloody Sunday and an investigation employing dozens of investigators. Meanwhile others such as the families of the innocent people slaughtered on the streets of Enniskillen by the Provisional IRA on Remembrance Sunday 1987 can`t get an investigation into their loved ones’ murders.
“It`s a disgrace the way the Enniskillen families and other families have been treated. People are absolutely sick to their back teeth of the way the innocent people of Enniskillen, Teebane, Bloody Friday, La Mon and others have been practically ignored. They deserve equality, they deserve respect - their loved ones had the right to life which the IRA took away.
“We have been calling for years for investigations into these IRA atrocities but little has happened. It`s as if they don`t matter. It has to end.”