Republican News · Thursday 18 June 1998

[An Phoblacht]

Ready for government

Sinn Féin is ready for government and ready to build a new Ireland for all our people. The strong Yes vote for the Good Friday Agreement demonstrated a huge sense of hope throughout Ireland. The challenge now is to translate that vote into support for those parties committed to delivering real change.

Republicans are at the forefront of changing the Irish political landscape. It was Sinn Féin's peace strategy which created the present opportunity for peace and it will be Sinn Féin's presence in the Assembly, the Executive and the all-Ireland Ministerial Council which will be the surest guarantee of real political change.

Irish unity and independence are the best context within which to tackle the political, social and other inequalities which face the the Irish people. Sinn Féin sees the Good Friday Agreement and the institutions which have emerged from it as part of a transitional process to a national democracy. Sinn Féin is looking beyond the present situation and towards a future based on freedom, justice and peace.

A vote for Sinn Féin is a vote to disband the RUC, for an end to Orange coat-trailing in nationalist areas, for equality of opportunity for all sections of our society, for equal rights and respect for the Irish language and for the release of all political prisoners.

A vote for Sinn Féin is a vote for the continuance of the peace process. Sinn Féin has been the dynamic for change over the past number of years. The best way to ensure that the pace of political progress continues is to go out and vote Sinn Féin on 25 June.


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