Pat Doherty uses Westminster Meetings To Urge Speedy Progress
Sinn Féin Vice President Pat Doherty MP today briefed a cross party
delegation
of Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs in Westminster
on the
latest developments in the peace process.
Speaking from
Westminster Mr Doherty said:
"Today's engagement provided me an
opportunity to brief a cross section of
MPs on developments in the
peace process since the recent historic
initiatives by the IRA.
"It
is my firm belief that there is a strong appetite amongst those MPs with
a
long standing interest in the process to see speedy progress made towards
seeing
the political institutions re-established.
"I impressed upon
those present the need for a serious collective effort in
the coming
period to see a process of genuine dialogue established leading
to the
all of the outstanding aspects of the Good Friday Agreement being
implemented
including the institutional aspects.
"The IRA initiative does not
in itself solve the crisis in the political
process. What it does is
provide an opportunity for politicians to breathe
momentum into what
had previously been a stalled process. That opportunity
cannot be
allowed to be squandered by a failure to engage from political
unionism."
ENDS