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First ministers face challenge over route map to a non-sectarian future
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have been challenged to show leadership in devising a blueprint to tackle sectarianism.
The gauntlet was thrown to the First and Deputy First Minister by a campaign group which attacked the original proposals through the Belfast Telegraph last year.
PFC chairman Robin Wilson said: "A new policy should set out both a vision of a society beyond political sectarianism and a route map to getting there.
"But the jury remains out as to whether those parties which depend for their power on maintaining separate vote banks will show the leadership required."
The PFC, which sent an open letter to the Stormont "top two" last year, said failure to produce a workable programme should mean a revival of former direct-rule policy A Shared Future.
As this newspaper revealed, the five party leaders - including Ulster Unionist boss Tom Elliott, SDLP chief Margaret Ritchie and Alliance's David Ford - agreed after the Assembly election to rethink the First Minister's cohesion, sharing and integration strategy.
An action plan is expected in December.
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