From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Ireland: Irish PM says IRA will disarm - Ananova Irish PM says IRA will disarm - Ananova ============================ IRA weapons will be put beyond use, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says. Mr Ahern says he is confident that decommissioning will go ahead soon. Ministers had until now refused to be drawn on speculation the IRA is about to decommission. The move follows the Ulster Unionist Party's promise to pull out of the Stormont Executive over the issue, forcing it to collapse. "The implementation of the Good Friday Agreement has been slow and difficult. The institutions have shown that they can work well, if given the chance," Mr Ahern told the Fianna Fail conference in West Dublin. "I am equally confident the time is approaching when arms will finally be put beyond use, to allow the continued operation of inclusive democratic institutions." Mr Ahern is also upbeat for the chances of the policing board, set up to reform the RUC under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. "I am confident a new and widely acceptable police service will now be established in line with the Patten Report," he said. Following yesterday's move by Ulster Secretary John Reid to declare the ceasefires of the UDA and LVF as over, Mr Ahern said: "Any future constitutional change will occur only in accordance with the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. "No actions by small splinter groups will ever alter that," he added. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_423136.html _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ ----------
