The
Stormont elections are over once more, to us the
exercise is entirely cosmetic and bears little
relevance to those in opposition to the cementing
of British rule in Ireland – following the
results we are calling upon youth to reject the
unreformable RUC.
Speaking
after the election Republican Socialist Youth
Movement spokesperson Chris Duffy said:
“It
is clear from the election results that both
Nationalists and Unionists are voting for the
two parties they believe will guarantee two
polar opposites through the same structures
and agreements – on one hand a United Ireland
the other for the strengthening of the connection
with Britain.
“In
light of the election results, especially the
poor results that many anti-Good Friday Agreement
candidates yielded, we are calling upon young
people in particular to reject the RUC as an
unreformable bastion of Unionism.”
Mr.
Duffy continued, “Sinn Féin has adopted
the positions of the SDLP and have consistently
moved in on respectable areas that were once SDLP
strongholds but this is to be expected. We cannot
expect change through parliamentary politics,
the British will not give an inch to any genuine
Republican that challenges their system.”
“The
RUC in its present form of the PSNI will always
be unreformable, this was reinforced by the
videoing of recent pickets and the arrest of
Gerry McGeough.
“More
worrying has been the firing of shots in north
Belfast in relation to what is called ‘dissident’
activity, children were out playing at the time
of the shots being fired by the PSNI and one
narrowly missed a woman as she stood just inches
from where the bullet was to penetrate her door.”
In
conclusion, Mr. Duffy said, “It is our view
that policing will always be political. The PSNI
will still be hauling Republicans to prison for
their activities even with a detachment of MI5
from civic policing, the policing board does not
contain any mechanisms to prevent the arrest or
detainment of Republicans.”
