There is a human rights obligation to publicise the new proposals aimed at saving the Belfast Agreement, according to Democratic Unionist Party deputy leader Mr Peter Robinson.
Ahead of a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Mr John Reid, he said the governments could not ignore his party's mandate by denying it access to the proposals later this week.
Mr Robinson said the DUP had a number of concerns about theplans for police reform in the package. "There are two topics on our agenda. On the policing issue, we will be objecting to this idea of an amnesty for terrorist crimes over the past 30 years and any knock-on implications that could have," he said.
"We will also be seeking assurances on the future of the Royal Ulster Constabulary's full-time reserve and we are hearing there is a proposal that serving RUC officers will have to take the new police service's oath.
"It is because this package is of such importance for policing and clearly has constitutional implications for the people of Northern Ireland that it is essential all parties see the document," Mr Robinson said.
The DUP will be hoping to hear details of a new set of proposals finalised late last night by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern and the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair.
Both premiers describe the proposals as the last chance to save the Belfast Agreement.
The Irish Timesthis morning reports a number of concessions to nationalists on police reform, demilitarisation of South Armagh and the appointment of gardaí to positions in the new police service have been proposed. The paper quotes a senior Irish Government source as saying unionists are unlikely to be pleased with the document.
But the document also proposes an international judge to investigate alleged Garda collusion in the killing of Protestants in the 1980s and claims of RUC collusion in the killing of Catholics.
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