08/10/2007
Victims Commissioner Post Re-Advertised
The post of Victims Commissioner in Northern Ireland is to be re-advertised.
The Stormont First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, said they were urging new applicants as they believe it would strengthen the office if the selection process was carried out under devolution.
Mr Paisley and Mr McGuinness will interview new candidates and they also said they would like to appoint a successor to RUC widow Bertha McDougall by the end of the year.
The First Minister said: "I know there has been a lot of ill-informed speculation that the Deputy First Minister and I have been at loggerheads over the appointment but that simply isn't true.
"Yes, we have taken time to consider the best way forward but that is just as it should be.
"This is an important appointment impacting on some of the most vulnerable people in our society and we need to know that victims and survivors, who have suffered so much for so long, are represented by the very best person for the job."
(CD)
The Stormont First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, said they were urging new applicants as they believe it would strengthen the office if the selection process was carried out under devolution.
Mr Paisley and Mr McGuinness will interview new candidates and they also said they would like to appoint a successor to RUC widow Bertha McDougall by the end of the year.
The First Minister said: "I know there has been a lot of ill-informed speculation that the Deputy First Minister and I have been at loggerheads over the appointment but that simply isn't true.
"Yes, we have taken time to consider the best way forward but that is just as it should be.
"This is an important appointment impacting on some of the most vulnerable people in our society and we need to know that victims and survivors, who have suffered so much for so long, are represented by the very best person for the job."
(CD)
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