Republican News · Thursday 4 September 1998

[An Phoblacht]

SF takes political initiative

As part of their commitment to the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin has announced that Martin McGuinness MP will be the party's representative to meet with the International Commission on Decommissioning.

It has been made clear that Martin McGuinness will sit as a representative of Sinn Féin and not as a go-between for any other group.

The appointment, together with Gerry Adams's statement on Tuesday, is seen as a Sinn Féin initiative to break the current political impasse and to lead towards the formation of the Executive and the All-Ireland bodies.

On Wednesday Gerry Adams said, ``Sinn Féin believes that the wholehearted implementation of the Good Friday Agreement has the capacity to transform the existing situation through constructive and dynamic political development. Sinn Féin accordingly believe that all participants to the Agreement must now act with renewed commitment to the implementation of all aspects of it within the timescale of the Agreement.''


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