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03/05/2017
John Finucane Selected As Sinn Féin Election Candidate
The son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been selected as a Sinn Féin election candidate for north Belfast.
Lawyer John Finucane will be seconded by Carál Ní Chuilín MLA.
His father was shot dead by loyalists at his home in north Belfast in 1989.
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said: "This election is a contest between those who want the north to remain in Europe, who stand for equality for rights and for Irish unity and the DUP who support a hard Brexit, support Tory cuts and who have set their face against equality and rights.
"Sinn Féin is the only party which can take this seat from the DUP, which can send a clear message to Theresa May that she has no mandate to take the north out of the EU, that she has no mandate for Tory cuts and she has no mandate to continue to deny equality and rights for all.
"I am confident that in John Finucane we can return a nationalist MP for the first time in the history of North Belfast and between now and June 8th we will be pulling out all the stops to make this possible."
(CD)
Lawyer John Finucane will be seconded by Carál Ní Chuilín MLA.
His father was shot dead by loyalists at his home in north Belfast in 1989.
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said: "This election is a contest between those who want the north to remain in Europe, who stand for equality for rights and for Irish unity and the DUP who support a hard Brexit, support Tory cuts and who have set their face against equality and rights.
"Sinn Féin is the only party which can take this seat from the DUP, which can send a clear message to Theresa May that she has no mandate to take the north out of the EU, that she has no mandate for Tory cuts and she has no mandate to continue to deny equality and rights for all.
"I am confident that in John Finucane we can return a nationalist MP for the first time in the history of North Belfast and between now and June 8th we will be pulling out all the stops to make this possible."
(CD)
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