Jim Allister said:
“Whereas the Legacy Act is wrong, primarily in affording amnesty, the international legal action by the Republic is shameless hostile meddling in U.K. legislation from a state which sustained and gave sanctuary to IRA terrorists over decades and which continues to operate effective amnesty for murderers.
“The most important provision in the ECHR, under which ROI seeks to intervene, is Art 2, the right to life – yet the hands of the Republic drips in the blood of border Protestants murdered by those to which it afforded sanctuary.
“While U.K. govt panders to keep ROI happy, it never fails to bash the Brits. Today, of course, it is acting in response to and to placate Sinn Féin’s demand for such aggressive legal action.”