Word: trimbleã
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...This unprecedented move was a great step forward in what had been a faltering peace process, allowing David Trimble and his moderate Ulster Unionist Party to return to the region’s power-sharing assembly. Recently, however, the momentum has been stalled, as hard-line unionists prevented Trimble??€™s reelection and are attempting to block progress towards a lasting peace. Today’s Assembly votes will be crucial to maintain moderate leadership in Northern Ireland and to fulfill the promise of the recent breakthrough...
...IRA’s unwillingness to hand over its arms despite the provisions of the Good Friday peace accords had caused Trimble to resign in July. Trimble??€™s return now, coupled with the new constructive tone of the Nationalist forces, bodes well for a lasting peace process. At a time when extremism and terrorism are posing new dangers to the world, the progress in Northern Ireland provides welcome relief. Now the various parties must together seize the opportunity for peace and move beyond blind violence and sectarian division...
...road ahead is long and fraught with difficulty. On Nov. 2, two members of Trimble??€™s own party joined hard-line Protestants in the assembly to block Trimble??€™s return. Yesterday, other loyalists attempted a legal objection to a planned re-vote, which has been rejected by the High Court in Belfast. Nationalist extremists, meanwhile, exploded a bomb on Saturday night in the heart of Birmingham, designed to kill innocent civilians. The desperate attempts by hard-liners on both sides to throw the peace process off track must not be allowed to succeed...
Unfortunately, the extreme unionists withdrew their support for the agreement during the negotiation for the IRA’s disarmament. Hard-line unionists, led by Rev. Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), want to prevent the peace process from continuing by blocking Trimble??€™s reelection today. In effect, if he is not reelected, the region will return to rule from London and the IRA might stop disarming. It is widely agreed that Trimble is the only man who can get enough support on both sides to be First Minister...
There are 60 members of the Northern Ireland legislative assembly voting in today’s election, and only a simple majority is needed to put Trimble back in office. However, the DUP and even some members of Trimble??€™s own party (the Ulster Unionists Party or UUP) are objecting to pushing forward with the peace process because they think the IRA hasn’t put in enough effort to disarm. Unfortunately, the decommissioning (or disarming) process is all very secretive, and it is overseen by a neutral decommissioning body, led by General John de Chastelain...