Issue 092, Saoirse: Irish Freedom (December, 1994)

              republicanism 11o!!aig sfiona ida'r leitheoiri ho uimh 91 nollaig - december 1994 50p usa 75c killer paras released — see page 3 m ewo rk of a sto r m o n i according to unnamed sources quoted by a dublin newspaper the framework document under discussion by the dublin and london governments will include proposals for a new stormont assembly for the six occupied counties while not proposing any changes in the policing arrangements there currently undertaken by the paramilitary ruc with british army back-up however british direct ruler patrick mayhew said on november 7 that the name or the structure of the ruc would not be changed the irish times of november 24 claims the framework document which will provide the agenda for future talks between the six county unionist parties the sdlp and provisional sinn fein proposes the formation of four cross-border authorities dealing with tourism trade agriculture and investment and exercising executive functions only under the supervision of separate management boards british minister michael ancram told unionists in armagh three days later that he expected a political settlement to include a new stormont and cross-border boards the composition of these boards is not yet clear the irish times reported but the unionists could accept them if they were controlled by a new stormont publication of the framework document will be delayed due to the collapse of the fianna fail labour administration in dublin on november 26 gerry adams said at a conference in west belfast that the provisionals would boycott a new stormont if it was part of an internal settlement republicans are reminded of his first speech on becoming sinn fein president in 1983 when he said i will not lead you into leinster house he then of course proceeded to lay the ground for his move to drop abstentionism in 1986 in his walden interview utv october 30 he said he was prepared to compromise and talked about transitional modes to a united ireland that would be put in place in the near future at the belfast conference gerry adams also called for the framework document to be published what about publishing the still secret hume/adams document republican sinn fein believes that the british government has no intention of leaving ireland the transitional modes or interim solution of the provisionals has to be stormont mark 5 with cross border boards as mere trappings they can also say the result is not purely an internal settlement bernadette mcaliskey opposed the current process at that conference for the same reason republican sinn fein opposes it — we are not against peace we believe it will not work because it does not provide for british disengagement see report page 3 it is therefore a false peace that cannot last as republican sinn fein president ruairi 6 bradaigh said in his 1994 ard-fheis address what lasting peace has ever been made by the oppressed making concessions to the oppressor • ard fheis reports on pages 7-10 inside daithi o conaill 4th anniversary commemoration glasnev1n cemetery dublin sunday january 1 speaker tommy mckearney tyrone assemble at main gates 1 pm an sabhat ion limerick sunday january 1 assemble lpm bedford row v