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The SDLP is to set up a forum where people and communities will discuss future constitutional arrangements on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\nThe SDLP is to set up a forum where people and communities will discuss future constitutional arrangements on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the New Ireland Commission will look to engage with every community, sector and generation to develop new proposals that will \u201cunite people across the island\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Foyle MP said the work will be challenging and will demand \u201cwe stretch ourselves again\u201d to accommodate all communities.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe only path to uniting the people of this island is through the spirit of partnership, cooperation and reconciliation that the Good Friday Agreement is built on.<\/p>\n
\u201cDelivering a new Ireland demands that we all spill our sweat to forge new enduring relationships between the people of this island and that we demonstrate to everyone that there is an equal place for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SDLP\u2019s New Ireland Commission will seek to engage with every community, sector and generation on this island to build new proposals that can generate a consensus on our future constitutional arrangements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis work will be challenging, it will demand we stretch ourselves again to accommodate our communities in all their difference and diversity but it is, ultimately, necessary that we plot a course through the immense period of change we\u2019re living through.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaders in the SDLP worked hard to forge a consensus for peace that would allow everyone to pursue their own constitutional ambitions free from the threat of violence. This new generation of SDLP leaders is prepared to spill our sweat again to create a path toward a united, just and reconciled new Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in dialogue with significant individuals and quiet conversation with a number of communities to secure further confidence in our plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cI intend to make further announcements about the commission panels over the course of the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n