Mr Simpson and fellow Upper Bann Assemblyman Stephen Moutray said: “We do believe and feel that it is our duty to state that this decision has been made prematurely, before the conditions were right and before the completion of a credible testing period.
“It is our view that both republicans and the government have more that they needed to do. All parties concerned now have a huge responsibility upon them to fulfil all of the pledges they have made in reaching this accord,” Mr Simpson said.
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