Agreement 'must be ended'

Mr Wilson said the Agreement should be ended, not amended

The Northern Ireland Unionist Party has said it will not go to any review of the Good Friday Agreement.

Launching the party's manifesto on Friday, Cedric Wilson, the party leader, said the NIUP was out to end the agreement, not to amend it.

He hit out at other anti-Agreement candidates for suggesting that they wanted to change the Agreement, and said the review was about keeping the Agreement working.

Mr Wilson said his party would oppose what he called the appeasement and legitimisation of "IRA/Sinn Fein."

He said the position of the union had been undermined by Dublin's ever -increasingly role, now amounting to "joint authority."

" IRA/Sinn Fein terrorist activity conclusively establishes that no member of the so-called republican movement should ever be permitted into devolved structures of government for Northern Ireland, never mind into the policing of the citizens," he said.

He said his party was standing up for law and order. He said the Agreement had destroyed the RUC. He said his party would uphold justice.

The main points of the NIUP manifesto include:

Opposing a process of appeasement directed to IRA/Sinn Fein and to work with other like minded unionists to secure democratic and accountable government for all the citizens of Northern Ireland

Rejecting of a truth and reconciliation commission

Securing greater national control over agriculture to preserve Northern Ireland's diverse farming industry and local economy

Challenging government agencies who have failed in their responsibilities to protect the environment

Repudiating of all-Ireland bodies with executive powers and expanding authority designed to develop into a factually United Ireland

Ensuring that in any future devolved government, economic and education policy is not left to politicians with no real experience of understanding the requirements of wealth creation in a modern economy

Seeking the return of a democratic and accountable government free from the domination of violent political terrorism.