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Wed 03 Mar 2010Transfer of powers makes sense, says McGuinness
ASSEMBLY:THE TRANSFER of powers makes sense, the community knows this and supports this course of action, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness told the Assembly yesterday.
Proposing that justice powers be transferred from London, Mr McGuinness dismissed the Ulster Unionists, dissident republicans and anti-powersharing unionists in the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) as “out of sync from popular opinion and common sense”.
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