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DUP rejects SF integration paper | DUP rejects SF integration paper |
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The DUP has said a Sinn Fein paper on community relations is "not a basis for building trust or confidence". | |
On Wednesday, Sinn Fein released their document after the DUP had accused them of holding up the Executive strategy on Cohesion, Sharing and Integration. | |
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". |
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 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". |