Jeffrey Donaldson
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"Jeffrey Mark Donaldson", Member of Parliament/MP is a Northern Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)/Lagan Valley representing the Democratic Unionist Party. He is best known for his opposition to Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader David Trimble during the Northern Ireland peace process, especially from 1998 to 2003.

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If this bomb wasn't carried out by the IRA, it was certainly sanctioned by the IRA, because it bears all the hallmarks of the work of IRA terrorists.

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I don't think we're going to get that level of transparency tomorrow, and I think that's most unfortunate.

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Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will lead to the decommissioning of their weapons or whether this is as good as it gets.

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I think Sinn Fein's participation in the talks is over, ... But the process, the talks must continue. We cannot allow a minority who are committed to terrorism to dictate to the majority who want to see peace, who want to see democratic advancement in Northern Ireland.

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The witnesses have been appointed by the IRA. It does diminish the credibility of whatever is going to happen tomorrow.

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In the past, decommissioning as a process has been shrouded in secrecy and if we are to increase public confidence in the process then we want it to be more transparent.

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The Orange Order deserves a world of credit for putting peace above principled self-interests today. But unfortunately, our gesture has been thrown back in our faces.

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