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| SF policing board nominees named | |
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| Sinn Fein has announced the names of its three nominees to sit on a newly reconstituted NI Policing Board. | |
| Party policing spokesman Alex Maskey will be joined by Foyle assembly member Martina Anderson and North Antrim MLA Daithi McKay. | |
| The board will be set up after the political institutions are restored on 8 May 2007. | |
| Mr Maskey said the party would play "a constructive role", providing a voice for communities. | |
| "The Sinn Fein members on the Policing Board will provide the voice for communities who have in the past experienced only bad policing," he said. | |
| "We want to play a constructive role on the board but we will not shy away from challenging, or criticising, or questioning policing decisions and policy when the need arises." | |
| Last week, Sinn Fein held their first talks with the Northern Ireland Policing Board. | Last week, Sinn Fein held their first talks with the Northern Ireland Policing Board. |
| The party's leader, Gerry Adams, led a delegation to meet board chairman, Sir Desmond Rea. | The party's leader, Gerry Adams, led a delegation to meet board chairman, Sir Desmond Rea. |
| Sinn Fein members voted to support policing in Northern Ireland for the first time in the party's history at the ard fheis, or conference, at the end of January. | Sinn Fein members voted to support policing in Northern Ireland for the first time in the party's history at the ard fheis, or conference, at the end of January. |