UNIONISTS are considering tabling a motion of no confidence against Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Chairman Stephen McCann this week after he refused to condemn the Enniskillen bombing, The Impartial Reporter understands. 
The Sinn Fein councillor from Trillick, who only assumed the position last month, sparked anger when he said he would not “go down the road of condemning” the IRA attack which killed 11 people and injured 63 during an interview with this newspaper. 
“People in my community have suffered as well and you can get into this thing of do you condemn this and do you condemn that? We are talking about an incident that happened 30 years ago, albeit still very raw in people’s minds and all the rest.
“But how do you move forward? Do you dwell on the past? How do you bring this forward?” he asked. 
During the interview Councillor McCann also praised Seamus McElwaine, a former IRA volunteer who was shot dead by the SAS in 1986 as he and Sean Lynch, now a Sinn Fein MLA, tried to ambush an Army patrol near Rosslea.
An online petition calling for him to be removed from the position of chairman has since been launched and has collected over 500 names.
It’s understood a number of unionist councillors have also complained directly to Council Chief Executive Brendan Hegarty. 
A source told this newspaper that unionist representatives “will challenge” Councillor McCann at this Thursday’s Council meeting about his comments.