Looking to the future
Mindful of the changed political landscape which they have helped
to create, republicans are looking to the future with confidence.
Sinn Féin has been central to the political negotiations which
have resulted in the Good Friday document and this week's
referenda North and South. Republicans see these events, not as
ends in themselves but as a starting point for a new phase of
struggle.
The struggle and commitment of republicans which has brought the
situation to this phase will be needed in the future to ensure
that the opportunities presented are built upon.
A Yes vote in the Six County referenda means that committments to
equality and rights for nationalists contained within the Good
Friday document must be honoured. Sinn Féin intends to ensure
that this happens.
A Yes vote in the North will also result in new structures and
institutions there. Republicans will use these developments to
further pursue our objectives of national democracy and freedom.
This is the only guarantee of lasting peace in Ireland.
Republicans must increase our political strength for the battles
that lie ahead. We are well placed at this point to do so. Sinn
Fein is the party of the future. It will grow and expand in the
years ahead building on the gains already made and opening up new
opportunities.
The future for Ireland is peace based on freedom, justice and
equality. Sinn Féin will ensure that that objective is kept
firmly centre stage.
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