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26/09/2013
DUP Denies Assembly Is In Crisis
DUP East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson has said the evidence from conversations around Stormont is not that the Assembly is in crisis but rather that the Sinn Fein leadership is having a management crisis.
Commenting, Mr Wilson said: "I have never been more aware of Sinn Fein MLAs talking about their discontent with decisions made by their Ministers and their Party leadership. The only crisis in Northern Ireland politics at the moment is a Sinn Fein management crisis where the leadership is struggling to keep all wings of the Party on board. Gerry Kelly's bluster about a crisis in Stormont has been rightly met with almost universal scepticism, including by some in his own Party.
"Whilst Adams' speech in the Dail was littered with references to leadership, it was a lot of ill-informed hot air about Peter Robinson designed to take attention away from Sinn Fein internal problems. Unlike Adams, Peter Robinson has always given leadership by supporting the rule of law and encouraging the community to use exclusively peaceful and democratic means to further their campaigns."
(CD/JP)
Commenting, Mr Wilson said: "I have never been more aware of Sinn Fein MLAs talking about their discontent with decisions made by their Ministers and their Party leadership. The only crisis in Northern Ireland politics at the moment is a Sinn Fein management crisis where the leadership is struggling to keep all wings of the Party on board. Gerry Kelly's bluster about a crisis in Stormont has been rightly met with almost universal scepticism, including by some in his own Party.
"Whilst Adams' speech in the Dail was littered with references to leadership, it was a lot of ill-informed hot air about Peter Robinson designed to take attention away from Sinn Fein internal problems. Unlike Adams, Peter Robinson has always given leadership by supporting the rule of law and encouraging the community to use exclusively peaceful and democratic means to further their campaigns."
(CD/JP)
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