PARTITI A CONFRONTO SULLA DEVOLUTION
I partiti dell’Ulster si uniranno oggi a Stormont per discutere del trasferimento dei poteri in materia di polizia e giustizia
Peter Robinson e Martin McGuinness si riuniscono oggi a Stormont insieme ai rappresentanti dell’Ulster Unionist Party, SDLP e Alliance Party per discutere del decentramento dei poteri.
I colloqui odierni seguiranno quelli a Downing Street dove Gordon Brown ha cercato di venire incontro alle richieste avanzate da Peter Robinson.
Il DUP ha recentemente dichiarato di voler contare sul sostegno dell’UUP prima di procedere.
In risposta alle speculazioni apparse sulla stampa in relazione alla pubblicazione della proposta stilata dal Primo Ministro inglese, Peter Robinson ha dichiarato: “Gradirei la pubblicazione della proposta del Primo Ministro per informare l’opinione pubblica su questa importante questione”.
“Credo anche che sarebbe più utile se la proposta del Primo Ministro venisse condivisa con l’Assembly e l’Executive Review Committee”.
Nei prossimi giorni seguiranno ulteriori colloqui con Matt Baggott, Chief Constable della PSNI, il capo del Northern Ireland Court Service ed altri rappresentanti di partiti dell’Assembly.
“Ci sono ancora due questioni che richiedono ulteriori chiarimenti e e continuerò a perseguirli. Continuiamo a lavorare costantemente sulle varie questioni che richiedono un accordo come indicato nel nostro documento precedente”, ha dichiarato Robinson ed ha aggiunto: “Oltre alle modalità di finanaziamento, resta ancora del lavoro da fare su altre soluzioni istituzionali, nonché sulle misure che sono necessarie al fine di ottenere la fiducia della comunità”.
Parties to meet for policing talks (NewsLetter)
Ulster’s political parties are to meet at Stormont for talks on the devolution of justice powers.
First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will meet representatives from the UUP, SDLP and Alliance parties.
The meeting come after a series of high-profile discussions with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The DUP has previously stated it wishes to secure the support of the Ulster Unionists before moving forward.
Meanwhile, Mr Robinson said last night that he would welcome the publication of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s proposals on the financing of policing and justice powers.
He also restated his party’s commitment to resolving the outstanding issues.
Mr Robinson said: “There has been some speculation regarding the publication of proposals put forward by the Prime Minister on policing and justice.
“I would welcome the publication of the Prime Minister’s proposals to inform the public on this important issue.
“I also believe it would be most useful for the Prime Minister’s proposals to be shared with the Assembly and Executive Review Committee.”
The First Minister said he would be bringing Mr Brown’s proposals up for discussion with the other main agencies involved.
He said: “Over the coming days I will be discussing the Government’s proposals with the Chief Constable, the head of the Northern Ireland Court Service and the other party leaders in the Assembly.”
Mr Robinson said there was still some work to be done.
“There are still two issues which require further clarification and I will continue to pursue these. We continue to work steadily through the various issues that require agreement as set out in our previous process paper.
“In addition to finance arrangements, work remains to be done on other institutional arrangements as well as measures that are needed in order to achieve community confidence.”
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