Demands for the IRA to disband are impossible to meet at present, a senior Sinn Féin representative indicated today.
North Belfast MLA Mr Gerry Kelly claimed the UUP's request was part of an unreasonable list produced at a meeting of its ruling council.
He said: "They have made a series of impossible demands.They are not thinking about this. They have made a series of silly demands and in my opinion they were made deliberately so we could not move on".
Mr Kelly put the onus for finding a way forward with the British government. "They have a responsibility because they also signed up to the Good Friday Agreement and cannot suspend themselves," he said.
Mr Kelly also attacked unionists whom he claimed were selling their electorate short. "As a republican I know there are unionist people who want change, but there isn't a single unionist political representative who will represent that".
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