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The Belfast Comhairle Ceanntair of the IRSP has called on RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan to resign forthwith after his comments blaming the murder of Trevor Kell on Irish republicans.
IRSP North Belfast representative Paul Little said: "On what basis did Ronnie Flanagan make this assumption? It appears that he made his comments on the basis of the combined military statement by the pro-agreement loyalists 30 minutes before the murder attacks on two Catholics in north Belfast. Whilst most citizens will want to know who carried out the cowardly murder of Mr. Kell, they will want to know this on the basis of sound evidence, not the haunch of the discredited RUC chief. His comments are irresponsible at best and an invitation to carry out sectarian murder at its worst." In conclusion the IRSP representative said: "It should be remembered that the RUC's haunches have been badly wrong in the past, most recently the murder campaign by the LVF/UFF in 1997 which was ignored and led directly to the INLA execution of the LVF leader Billy Wright. There is no basis in recent republican history to suggest that republicans wish to be sucked back into a sectarian war that only serves the interests of the British government in Ireland." |