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AMERICAN BREXIT COMMITTEE 1919 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 1724 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
SPECIAL ENVOY APPOINTMENT SHOWS PRESIDENT BIDEN MEANS BUSINESS
January 1, 2022 Philadelphia, NYC & Wash D. C.
The ABC welcomes President Biden’s appointment of Joseph P. Kennedy III as a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland. It is a sign of America’s interest in confronting British treachery and duplicity in the Irish peace process. Stated Chairman Corcoran: “We embrace the words of a civil rights advocate, the late Representative John Lewis, who proclaimed that civil rights progress required “necessary trouble, good trouble.”No less is required in the struggle for peace and justice in NI to expose and challenge 25 years of Conservative governments today undermining the GFA, burying the truth of killing of innocent civilians and repealing of human rights in NI.” This appointment acknowledges that the State Department, long a bastion of British sympathy, may be part of the problem and not part of the solution to make the UK accountable. Some claim that the Envoy’s role should be proscribed limiting it to economic matters. That would certainly suit a Conservative government only interested in ‘perfecting partition’ not addressing the realities of their exit from the EU and Ireland’s re-unification and its’ need to cover-up the lawless legacy of killings in NI in the remaining two years of their tumultuous Parliamentary term.
“We particularly welcome an appointment that emphasizes not just political skill and experience but the unique passion and commitment of a family with a deep love of Ireland and its people”, stated Cummings. In October, 2019 Kennedy joined colleagues Keating, Neal and Cicciline sounding the alarm on Brexit and its potential negative impact on Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement in the Boston Globe. Clearly the legacy of concern continues.”
For more info please contact Corcoran at 215-280-3711 or Cummings at 267-766-5028 or go to americanbrexitcommittee.com |
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It is nice to see a direct and clear statement from the ABC regarding Joe Kennedy as the Special Envoy to the north of Ireland. I hope Joe Kennedy sees his place in the peace process differently than what the state department has described as his charge. The legacy issues, the sea border and forming an executive among a number of problems that need to be addressed. The DUP and its supporters will probably hate the idea that Kennedy has been appointed, but I hope the British respect it and I hope Joe Kennedy is up to the job.