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PUP 'wants loyalist weapons move' | PUP 'wants loyalist weapons move' |
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The leader of the UVF-linked Progressive Unionist Party has said she would like to see loyalists decommission their weapons. | |
Dawn Purvis said minds would be focused on the issue after Secretary of State Shaun Woodward warned legal ways of decommissioning would not last forever. | Dawn Purvis said minds would be focused on the issue after Secretary of State Shaun Woodward warned legal ways of decommissioning would not last forever. |
The UVF announced it was putting its weapons beyond reach last year. | The UVF announced it was putting its weapons beyond reach last year. |
"We would like to see decommissioning happen within loyalist communities," Ms Purvis said. | "We would like to see decommissioning happen within loyalist communities," Ms Purvis said. |
"That would be an indication, I believe, that loyalist communities are feeling safe, that they have been brought into the new political dispensation and they are reaping the benefits of redevelopment and regeneration." | "That would be an indication, I believe, that loyalist communities are feeling safe, that they have been brought into the new political dispensation and they are reaping the benefits of redevelopment and regeneration." |
Mr Woodward has signalled he would wind up the decommissioning body sooner, rather than later. | Mr Woodward has signalled he would wind up the decommissioning body sooner, rather than later. |
At the moment the Independent International Body on Decommissioning oversees the process. | At the moment the Independent International Body on Decommissioning oversees the process. |
However, Mr Woodward said Northern Ireland could only be a normal society when such a body no longer existed. | However, Mr Woodward said Northern Ireland could only be a normal society when such a body no longer existed. |
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