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02/05/2008
End IRA Army Council, Says DUP
A leading DUP politician has again called on the IRA to close down its so-called Army Council.
NI Executive Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson was commenting after yesterday's Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) said there was no evidence that the IRA was responsible for killing Paul Quinn, the 21 year-old who died after being lured to a shed in Co Monaghan to be beaten with iron bars and pick axe handles by a gang of masked men.
The MLA said he thought that, "there is unfinished business in the form of the Army council and the sooner that is dealt with the better for the political process".
He said it is essential that the IRA deal with the remaining aspects of its organisation.
He said his party welcomed the clarity the report gave: "I don't think there are any major surprises in the IMC report. It confirms that the IRA continues to be on its ceasefire and continues to hold to its previous commitments."
The IMC said the killing was "clearly contrary to the instructions and strategy of the IRA leadership" even though his parents said their son had previously been threatened by members of the IRA in south Armagh.
The Quinn family's spokesman said that from 'day one' they had said it was local south Armagh 'business' and stressed it was due to 'lack of respect' to leading figures in the area who seemed to think they are entitled to respect for past glories.
The former Sinn Fein Councillor and family spokesman, Jim McAllister said the report confirmed much of what they had said from the start: "We actually made it clear from the very start that we didn't believe that the murder was sanctioned by the IRA Army Council, or the IRA leadership.
"The report actually goes into that in some detail. It clears the leadership. We expected that anyway."
(BMcC)
NI Executive Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson was commenting after yesterday's Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) said there was no evidence that the IRA was responsible for killing Paul Quinn, the 21 year-old who died after being lured to a shed in Co Monaghan to be beaten with iron bars and pick axe handles by a gang of masked men.
The MLA said he thought that, "there is unfinished business in the form of the Army council and the sooner that is dealt with the better for the political process".
He said it is essential that the IRA deal with the remaining aspects of its organisation.
He said his party welcomed the clarity the report gave: "I don't think there are any major surprises in the IMC report. It confirms that the IRA continues to be on its ceasefire and continues to hold to its previous commitments."
The IMC said the killing was "clearly contrary to the instructions and strategy of the IRA leadership" even though his parents said their son had previously been threatened by members of the IRA in south Armagh.
The Quinn family's spokesman said that from 'day one' they had said it was local south Armagh 'business' and stressed it was due to 'lack of respect' to leading figures in the area who seemed to think they are entitled to respect for past glories.
The former Sinn Fein Councillor and family spokesman, Jim McAllister said the report confirmed much of what they had said from the start: "We actually made it clear from the very start that we didn't believe that the murder was sanctioned by the IRA Army Council, or the IRA leadership.
"The report actually goes into that in some detail. It clears the leadership. We expected that anyway."
(BMcC)
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