sentences:  He was elected in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Mid Ulster.Kelly was deselected before the 2003 election, and criticised the decision by the Sinn Féin leadership to support policing reforms.In January 2006 he co-wrote a letter with Brendan Hughes which cast doubt on the claims that dissident republicans had threatened Sinn Féin leaders and claimed that the real threats were being made by the Sinn Féin leadership against those who sought a debate on policing.