Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister

“It betokens the arrogant nerve of Sinn Fein leader, Adams, and his contempt for his own electorate, that he thinks  he can duck the persistent questions over his cover up for Liam Adams by the feeble assertion that he should never have been a member of Sinn Fein. The fact is that he was a prominent member, Gerry Adams knew it, Gerry Adams is the leader and no one had more opportunity or responsibility to terminate his membership, given the knowledge he secreted within his breast about his brother.

“I suppose expectations should not be high of a party and leader which for decades provided immoral justification for murder, kidnap, and mayhem and which deployed, and still deploys, breath-taking excursions into mendacity. Gerry Adams still expects us to believe he was never in the IRA, so ducking and diving over his brother’s Sinn Fein membership is second nature for the Sinn Fein leader.

“Adams has still not answered any of the pertinent questions over his knowledge and conscious inactivity concerning Liam Adams. The Sinn Fein cover up is in full swing.”