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Date Posted: 09:09:20 09/27/02 Fri
>FULL STATUS NOW ! - AN ELECTORAL ISSUE ?
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>The Oct. Fifth (1968 Civil Rights' Veterans &
>Supporters) Association recently established the FULL
>STATUS NOW CAMPAIGN. They established an e-mail
>address - fsncampaign@hotmail.com and an Internet
>forum - via- http://www.voy.com/102812/
>
>Their own forum will be launched on the appropriate
>and historic anniversary of October 5th 2003, but its
>location -http:/www.voy.com/103427/ will be delayed
>until adverts appear in selected northern papers from
>October 3rd However, this forum, "Stormont-Watch", has been
>permitted to publish the FSNCampaign forum's current
>location.
>
>The CR Vets, after prolonged discussion and activities
>wrote to all republican prisoners, in Ireland and
>Britain last weekend. They have privately recommended
>to relatives of the political prisoners that FULL
>STATUS NOW candidates, as a matter of URGENCY, should
>stand in the May 2003 Assembly elections on an
>abstentionist ticket. The Vets believe that ONLY the
>relatives of republican prisoners should become the
>standard bearers of the FSNCampaign. This proposal was
>not contained in the letters to political prisoners,
>but this afternoon, a phone call from HMP Maghaberry
>indicated that the republicans incarcerated there
>would be supportive of this electoral proposal. They
>agreed with the CR Vets' analysis that as the GFA and
>the Assembly collaspes before January 18th, that such
>may lead to increased Loyalist barbarism, inside and
>outside the jails, which will lead to serious injury
>or deaths, for those incarcerated or targeted within
>nationalist ghettoes.
>
>The CR Vets have already had discussions with a few
>relatives who have enthusiastically supported this
>proposition. It is believed that the proposal is
>likely to be raised at a relatives' meeting in Belfast
>this weekend.
>
>The CR Vets intend to write to all republican
>prisoners in HMP Maghaberry, and if the proposal is
>endorsed by a majority of them, then they will put
>this is writing to all Six County republican prisoners
>in Free State, 'Northern' and British jails. As is
>only fitting, the final electoral decisions, however,
>will be left to the relatives of republcian prisoners.
>
>An ad hoc director of elections was appointed this
>afternoon to research the pros and cons of this
>proposal. Those wishing to forward messages of
>solidarity towards the realisation of this strategy
>are cordially invited to contact the respective Hon.
>Secretaries of the FSNCampaign and the Oct. 5th.
>Association via fsncampaign@hotmail.com and
>oct5th_vets68@hotmail.com.
>
>It should be noted that the CR Vets, which were
>representated at a meeting of Derry City Council,
>alongside the family of one republican prisoner, had
>been given official guarantees that a delegation from
>PSF and the SDLP would visit HMP Maghaberry. This came
>after the joint delegation informed assembled
>councillors of vicious attacks on prisoners as a
>result of the "mixing" policy, whereby republicans are
>in great danger as a result of being heavily
>out-numbered on all the wings. Before that delegation
>was formally received by the City Council a number of
>republican prisoners had already been subjected to
>several life-threatening attacks at the hands of
>loyalist inmates. Derry City Councillors attracted a
>fair deal of local publicity for themselves, but
>quickly forgot about the plight of the republican
>prisoners and their loved ones, when the media
>spotlight passed to other issues. They were neither
>men nor women of their word! This is a central
>root-cause for this current electoral strategy. The
>attacks mentioned were organised by a far-right
>loyalist fundamentalist 'Pastor', whose name is known
>to the CR Vets, prisoners, and the media, throughout
>the Six Counties.
>
>
>Thanking you all for your kind attention to this
>communication.
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