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Powersharing Transitional Government – 2002

Power-sharing continued until October 15. Because the disarming provision in the agreement was not implemented, the DUP tabled a motion for the exclusion of Sinn Fein from government. Nationalists were arguing that they would not disarm under the terms set by unionists and for this reason, confidence between the unionists and the nationalists collapsed, leading to the suspension of the Assembly and the Executive starting from 15 October 2002.