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DUP set to meet David Cameron over Stormont crisis DUP seeks assembly adjournment over Stormont crisis
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The DUP is due to meet the prime minister on Tuesday to discuss the current crisis at Stormont. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is seeking an adjournment of the assembly for four weeks to try to resolve the current political crisis.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers is also scheduled to meet two Irish government ministers in Dublin. The assembly was due to return next Monday after the summer recess.
The talks will centre around the murder of Kevin McGuigan and the subsequent decision by the Ulster Unionists to leave the executive. But First Minister Peter Robinson said after allegations of an IRA role in the murder of Kevin McGuigan Sr it "cannot be business as usual".
The chief constable has said there was no evidence that the killing was sanctioned by the organisation.
Mr Robinson is due to meet Prime Minister David Cameron later on Tuesday to discuss the Stormont crisis.
The discussions will centre on the the political fall-out from Mr McGuigan's killing and the subsequent decision by the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) to leave the executive.
The former IRA man was shot dead in east Belfast last month. The police believe IRA members were involved.The former IRA man was shot dead in east Belfast last month. The police believe IRA members were involved.
Following the shooting, PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton said that the IRA still exists. Following the shooting, PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton also said that the IRA still exists.
But he also said that there was no evidence that the killing was sanctioned by the IRA.
'Trust'
The Ulster Unionist Party is now leaving the executive, saying it cannot trust Sinn Féin.
The UUP will formally withdraw its sole minister, Danny Kennedy, from the executive later on Tuesday.
In an interview with BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster, he said the issue was one of trust between parties with a mandate sitting in the Northern Ireland Executive.
"Fundamentally, we need to address at the very top of political institutions, the issue of trust," he said.
"That has broken down significantly. No amount of blaming other people or issuing political sound bites is going to work. We need to create the conditions where trust can be firmly established."
Analysis: What is the background to the Stormont row?Analysis: What is the background to the Stormont row?
Stormont's power-sharing government returned in 2007, headed by then Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley as first minister and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister.Stormont's power-sharing government returned in 2007, headed by then Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley as first minister and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister.
The two men had been bitter enemies for many years, but the decommissioning of IRA weapons in 2005 and Sinn Féin's endorsement of policing in Northern Ireland paved the way for Stormont's return.The two men had been bitter enemies for many years, but the decommissioning of IRA weapons in 2005 and Sinn Féin's endorsement of policing in Northern Ireland paved the way for Stormont's return.
In the last assessment by the Independent Monitoring Commission, an official body that monitored paramilitary activity that was wound down in 2010, it said it believed the Provisional IRA had "maintained its political course" and "would continue to do so".In the last assessment by the Independent Monitoring Commission, an official body that monitored paramilitary activity that was wound down in 2010, it said it believed the Provisional IRA had "maintained its political course" and "would continue to do so".
With Northern Ireland's chief constable now saying the Provisional IRA still exists and some of its members were involved in the murder of Kevin McGuigan, renewed focus has been placed on the stability of the institutions at Stormont.With Northern Ireland's chief constable now saying the Provisional IRA still exists and some of its members were involved in the murder of Kevin McGuigan, renewed focus has been placed on the stability of the institutions at Stormont.
Q&A: UUP withdrawalQ&A: UUP withdrawal
On Monday, First Minister Peter Robinson called for a new intensive talks process to deal with the crisis. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is now leaving the executive, saying it cannot trust Sinn Féin.
The DUP leader said the talks should also include discussion about the mechanisms for excluding a party from government. It will formally withdraw its sole minister, Danny Kennedy, from the executive later on Tuesday.
He said that the current process would not allow the DUP to exclude Sinn Féin, because Sinn Féin had enough MLAs to block an exclusion motion in the assembly. Peter Robinson put the adjournment proposal to the other parties in talks on Monday.
'Stock-taking exercise' It will be discussed by the assembly's business committee shortly.
He said if these issues were not resolved, then there was "not a firm basis for us to proceed with government". Regarding his call for intensive talks, Mr Robinson said he saw them lasting no longer than four to six weeks.
Talks between the British and Irish governments will also take place on Tuesday. His meeting with Mr Cameron at Downing Street is "an opportunity for both of them to discuss the latest political situation in Northern Ireland and how we can continue to move forward", according to the prime minister's official spokeswoman.
In Dublin, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Joan Burton, Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan and Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan are meeting to discuss issues relating to security and the IRA. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers is meeting Irish government ministers in Dublin to discuss the crisis.
Later, the Northern Ireland secretary, Ms Villiers, is to meet Mr Flanagan and Ms Fitzgerald. Ahead of the meeting, she said it was important that political parties in Northern Ireland had "real dialogue" and worked together to resolve the future of the executive.
Sources in Dublin said the two sides viewed the talks as a "stock-taking exercise", as they attempt to deal with issues such as welfare reform and the status of the IRA. She added that it is "well worth considering" bringing back a body similar to the International Monitoring Commission to monitor paramilitary activity.
She also said it was important to bring paramilitarism to an end.