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Stormont crisis: DUP ministers in Assembly quit threat | |
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The DUP says if the Northern Ireland Assembly is not adjourned or suspended their ministers will quit, amid an IRA row. | The DUP says if the Northern Ireland Assembly is not adjourned or suspended their ministers will quit, amid an IRA row. |
DUP leader Peter Robinson warned that could happen within 24 hours. | DUP leader Peter Robinson warned that could happen within 24 hours. |
The moves follows the political crisis sparked by the murder of former IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr. Police have said they believe IRA members were involved in the shooting. | |
Sinn Féin has denied this and maintains the Provisional IRA no longer exists. | |
The PSNI chief constable also said there was no evidence that the killing was sanctioned by the organisation. | |
On Wednesday, well-known republican and northern chairman of Sinn Féin Bobby Storey was one of three men arrested over the murder. | |
Speaking at a press conference later that day, Mr Robinson said: "If we can't stop the assembly by way of adjournment or suspension then we will take the step that will cause it to be brought to an abrupt halt." | |
He said his party had sought a recall of the Northern Ireland Assembly's business committee on Thursday. | |
If the DUP could not secure an adjournment of the assembly at that meeting or if the Northern Ireland Secretary would not suspend the assembly, then DUP ministers would stand down, he said. | |
Political talks to try to resolve the crisis are taking place without the Ulster Unionists, who said they would not take part unless the status of the Provisional IRA is resolved. | |
The UUP said it would not return to the talks unless the IRA issue was top of the agenda. | |
On Tuesday, DUP leader Mr Robinson warned that if devolution collapsed, it could be a decade before it returned. |