DUP to quiz de Chastelain about IRA arms destruction
The Democratic Unionist Party is due to meet the head of the decommissioning body today to discuss the completion of IRA disarmament.
Canadian General John de Chastelain announced yesterday that he had overseen the destruction of an IRA arsenal that corresponded to intelligence estimates provided by the Irish and British governments.
However, the DUP almost completely rejected the move due to the lack of photographic evidence.
This stance came despite the fact that the process was monitored by Gen. de Chastelain and his two highly respected colleagues on the decommissioning body, as well as Catholic priest Alex Reid and former Methodist president Harold Good.
DUP leader Ian Paisley is expected to press today for more detail about the weapons that were decommissioned, but it unclear if Gen. de Chastelain will provide such information.
Under his mandate, he can only reveal the extent of the weapons destroyed once the decommissioning of all republican and loyalist arms has been completed.
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