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DUP rejects SF integration paper DUP rejects SF integration paper
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The DUP has said a paper published by Sinn Fein is "not a basis for building trust or confidence". The DUP has said a Sinn Fein paper on community relations is "not a basis for building trust or confidence".
On Wednesday, Sinn Fein published "Rights and Respect: An Executive Programme for Cohesion, Sharing and Integration". On Wednesday, Sinn Fein released their document after the DUP had accused them of holding up the Executive strategy on Cohesion, Sharing and Integration.
It claimed SF is not to blame for the deadlock over the Executive strategy.
DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson said a shared future was not "created by imposing their template rather than a template based on a broad consensus".DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson said a shared future was not "created by imposing their template rather than a template based on a broad consensus".
Mr Donaldson has made public a 2008 OFMDFM draft of the Cohesion, Sharing and Intergration strategy. Sinn Fein said it is not to blame for the delay over the Executive strategy.
Mr Donaldson has made public a 2008 draft of the Cohesion, Sharing and Integration strategy produced by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM).
He said it demonstrated "key differences" with the Sinn Fein paper.He said it demonstrated "key differences" with the Sinn Fein paper.
'Justifiable concern''Justifiable concern'
"The policy document which Sinn Fein has launched has been approved and cleared by nobody but Sinn Fein," he said."The policy document which Sinn Fein has launched has been approved and cleared by nobody but Sinn Fein," he said.
"Whereas the document which I am making available for public consumption has been formulated through intensive discussions over a substantial period of time not only inside OFMDFM but also, amongst the Community Relations Council, the Equality Commission and representatives of the ethnic minority community.""Whereas the document which I am making available for public consumption has been formulated through intensive discussions over a substantial period of time not only inside OFMDFM but also, amongst the Community Relations Council, the Equality Commission and representatives of the ethnic minority community."
Martina Anderson, Sinn Fein spokesperson on equality, launched the 43-page document after First Minister Peter Robinson blamed Sinn Fein for a long delay in publishing the community relations/CSI strategy. Martina Anderson, Sinn Fein spokesperson on equality, launched the party's 43-page document after First Minister Peter Robinson blamed Sinn Fein for a long delay in publishing the community relations strategy.
Ms Anderson said there was "justifiable concern" about the delay and that political recrimination was wrong. She called for "mature political leadership" from all parties.Ms Anderson said there was "justifiable concern" about the delay and that political recrimination was wrong. She called for "mature political leadership" from all parties.
She added that her party was committed to an approach based on equality before adding: "Unfortunately this has not always been forthcoming from all parties."She added that her party was committed to an approach based on equality before adding: "Unfortunately this has not always been forthcoming from all parties."
She insisted the substance of the paper reflected the party's approach in engagements with the DUP and was "a genuine effort to agree an appropriate cross-party Executive strategy".She insisted the substance of the paper reflected the party's approach in engagements with the DUP and was "a genuine effort to agree an appropriate cross-party Executive strategy".