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24/09/2004
Trimble calls for IRA to commit on acts of completion
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has said the current talks impasse can only be overcome if the IRA "clearly and publicly lays out their commitments to early completion of decommissioning".
Mr Trimble was speaking on Friday as he unveiled a UUP paper, 'UUP Issues for the Review' which aims to help restore devolution to Stormont.
The Upper Bann MP said: "In the run-up to Leeds Castle, acts of completion had been centre stage, however, since then things have been beginning to the drift to the point where we are talking about mechanics and minutiae again.
"It appears that all current positions taken by parties are tactical and no one appears willing to commit and genuinely engage until this impasse is broken. This can only happen when the Republican movement clearly and publicly lays out their commitments to early completion of decommissioning, the ending of paramilitary activity and the winding up of their organisation."
Meanwhile, the British and Irish Governments said they are considering tabling their own proposals to break the power-sharing deadlock.
It seems the main key sticking points include the election of the first and deputy first ministers, the powers of ministers and north-south arrangements.
(MB/GMCG)
Mr Trimble was speaking on Friday as he unveiled a UUP paper, 'UUP Issues for the Review' which aims to help restore devolution to Stormont.
The Upper Bann MP said: "In the run-up to Leeds Castle, acts of completion had been centre stage, however, since then things have been beginning to the drift to the point where we are talking about mechanics and minutiae again.
"It appears that all current positions taken by parties are tactical and no one appears willing to commit and genuinely engage until this impasse is broken. This can only happen when the Republican movement clearly and publicly lays out their commitments to early completion of decommissioning, the ending of paramilitary activity and the winding up of their organisation."
Meanwhile, the British and Irish Governments said they are considering tabling their own proposals to break the power-sharing deadlock.
It seems the main key sticking points include the election of the first and deputy first ministers, the powers of ministers and north-south arrangements.
(MB/GMCG)
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