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This ard fheis reiterates Sinn Fein's political commitment to bringing about Irish re-unification and the full integration of political, economic, social and cultural life on the island.

This ard fheis supports civic policing through a police service which is representative of the community it serves, free from partisan political control and democratically accountable.

We support fair, impartial and effective delivery of the rule of law.

The changes to policing secured in legislation need to be implemented fully.

The truth about wrongdoing by British military, intelligence and policing agencies needs to be uncovered and acknowledged.

Sinn Fein supports the demands for this from the families of victims.

PSNI trust

The PSNI needs to make strenuous efforts to earn the trust and confidence of nationalists and republicans.

Gardai corruption and malpractice - which has been exposed in the Morris Tribunal and the Abbeylara inquiry in the 26 counties - shows the need for constant vigilance and oversight.

These inquiries and the ill-treatment of republicans by the Garda Special Branch also provide compelling reasons as to why the responsibility of political parties and representatives should be to hold the police to account in a fair and publicly transparent way.

This ard fheis is totally opposed to political, sectarian and repressive policing.

The experience of nationalists and republicans in the six counties is of a partisan, unionist militia which engaged in harassment, torture, assassination, shoot-to-kill and collusion with death squads.

The Good Friday Agreement requires and defines "a new beginning to policing" as an essential element of the peace process.

The Good Friday Agreement also requires functioning, power-sharing and all-Ireland political institutions.

The British government has agreed to the transfer of powers on policing and justice away from Westminster to locally-elected political institutions and have set out the departmental model to which these powers will be transferred.

In these circumstances authority over policing and justice will lie in Ireland.

'Civic policing'

We note the British government's new policy statement of 10 January 2007 which removes MI5 from policing structures in Ireland.

This removes the proposals to embed MI5 into civic policing and removes the danger of again creating a force within a force.

We note also the commitment by PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde that plastic bullets will not be used for purposes of public order/crowd control and his acknowledgement of the hurt resulting from injuries and death of innocent people, including children.

These weapons should never be used again.

Sinn Fein will continue to campaign for a total ban.

This ard fheis notes the refusal of the DUP leader Ian Paisley to publicly commit to power-sharing and participation in the all-Ireland political institutions by 26 March 2007.

Before the ard chomhairle meeting on 29 December, the DUP had agreed words which they would release in response to the ard chomhairle accepting the policing motion put by the party president.

We note the DUP's failure to keep to this commitment.

It is clear that elements of the DUP are determined to use policing and other issues to prevent progress, resist power-sharing and equality and oppose any all-Ireland development. This is unacceptable.

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