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| DUP calls to make resolving the parades issue a precondition for devolving policing are unacceptable, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said. | DUP calls to make resolving the parades issue a precondition for devolving policing are unacceptable, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said. |
| DUP leader Peter Robinson said the Parades Commission should be abolished "to increase confidence in devolved policing and justice powers". | DUP leader Peter Robinson said the Parades Commission should be abolished "to increase confidence in devolved policing and justice powers". |
| Mr Robinson was speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening. | Mr Robinson was speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening. |
| Mr Adams said on Thursday in subsequent meetings, DUP officials were unable to explain precisely what he meant. | Mr Adams said on Thursday in subsequent meetings, DUP officials were unable to explain precisely what he meant. |
| He said: "This is not a sincere, genuine or a serious effort to resolve the issue of Orange parades. | |
| "And any attempt to put the resolution of that issue, in front of and as a precondition for the transfer of policing and justice powers is totally and absolutely unacceptable." | |
| Mr Robinson, who is Northern Ireland's first minister, had told MPs the commission was "not a solution to problems, but part of the problem itself". | Mr Robinson, who is Northern Ireland's first minister, had told MPs the commission was "not a solution to problems, but part of the problem itself". |
| He said he strongly supported the work of former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, who is heading a review into parading in Northern Ireland, but he questioned the delay in the final report. | He said he strongly supported the work of former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, who is heading a review into parading in Northern Ireland, but he questioned the delay in the final report. |
| The DUP leader said the delay was not the fault of Lord Ashdown but was down to Sinn Fein seeking "to extract a political price to deliver that which has already been agreed". | The DUP leader said the delay was not the fault of Lord Ashdown but was down to Sinn Fein seeking "to extract a political price to deliver that which has already been agreed". |
| Earlier this month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown published budget proposals for the devolution of policing and justice. | Earlier this month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown published budget proposals for the devolution of policing and justice. |
| Sinn Fein has already approved the deal but the DUP say the unionist community must have confidence in any proposed arrangements before devolution happens. | Sinn Fein has already approved the deal but the DUP say the unionist community must have confidence in any proposed arrangements before devolution happens. |