Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement

Mr. Raymond McCord:

I will set up meetings with good people, people who are not afraid and who like what I am saying. It is not just Raymond McCord or Cathy McIlvenny from the unionist community saying this, 99% of unionist people are saying it. Those voices need to be heard. Politicians and unionism are not listening.

Unionist people should not be afraid to speak out on what is needed and on the corruption within the community. People talk about people turning a blind eye. The people who turn the blind eye the most to what paramilitaries are doing to control the unionist community are the unionist politicians. I wish they were here to address what I am saying to them. There is no slander in this; it is the truth. I wish I was here saying they are doing a great job for us and that the Good Friday Agreement is doing a great job for us. It has massively reduced the number of murders but it has not taken the paramilitaries away. I thought that one of the main plans of the Good Friday Agreement was to get rid of paramilitaries.

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