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Commenting upon the early release of nine provisional republican prisoners in the Irish republic, IRSP prisons spokesperson Willie Gallagher said:
"While the release of any political prisoner is to be welcomed, we in the IRSP detect a sinister undertone in the prisoner release policy of the F.F./P.D. coalition. "The preferable treatment and selective release of prisoners aligned with the Provisional Republican Movement stands in stark contrast to the attitude shown to the political prisoners of the INLA and CIRA. In particular we would draw attention to the ill treatment of Josephine Hayden in Limerick prison. "The Government make demands of us while holding political prisoners hostages in an attempt at forcing those of us who reject the bogus 'pacification process' into line. The IRSP view this latest bid to divide and manipulate republican political prisoners as an exercise in sheer cynicism. "Furthermore, we see the activities to date of the current coalition administration doing more to hinder the search for real and lasting peace than assist it." |