Doug Beattie MC MLA has said that following Gerry Adams’ comments on the republican movements engagement with any potential truth recovery process, it seems there is little hope victims will ever learn the truth about why the IRA murdered their loved ones.
Doug Beattie MC MLA said:
“Anyone who had been clinging on to some sliver of hope that any new legacy institutions may reveal the truth about why their loved ones were murdered by the IRA during the Troubles will have had that snatched away from them yesterday by Gerry Adams.
“To say that the IRA no longer exists so there will be no corporate or organisational response to any truth recovery process was a slap in the face to its thousands of victims.
“Further to the PSNI assessment of the status of the Provisional IRA in 2015, I have written to the Chief Constable today to ask him to provide an update.
“It is ridiculous to cite Martin McGuinness’ appearance before the Saville Inquiry as a positive example of how Republicans would engage. This is the same Martin McGuinness who cited the republican code of honour as the reason why he would not answer certain questions.
“So it would appear that there will be no corporate response from the IRA and, at best, a limited response from individuals. What hope can victims have of any light being shone on the murky actions of the IRA if this is the response from Sinn Fein?”