The Democratic Unionist Party vowed today to put the Belfast Agreement "out of its misery" and block the development of a "united Ireland process".
Speaking at the party's annual conference in Belfast, Deputy leader Mr Peter Robinson, referring to Sinn Fein, said the party was "committed to ensuring there will be no Executive places for those who have not demonstrably left terrorism behind."
"We will ready ourselves for the electoral tests ahead but we will still focus on the task of replacing the failed Belfast Agreement with a fair deal.
"The Belfast agreement lies discredited, impotent and wilted. It is barely alive enough to summon the strength to die. We will put it out of its misery."
It has been a year of electoral triumph and high-profile defections for the DUP. Today's platform is bolstered by Mr Jeffrey Donaldson, whose transfer from the Ulster Unionist Party represented a major coup.
Delegates gathered in Belfast are buoyant as they reflect on November's Assembly election gains which saw the DUP surge ahead of the UUP and claim 33 seats.
Mr Robinson said the DUP wanted to see power returned to a Northern Ireland government "but we will not take devolution at any price".
"Over the next months we shall work night and day to bring about the return of devolution but we will not shift on matters of principle. We are a party which keeps its word. What we promise, we will do and what we agree we will deliver.
"It is the inability of those involved with paramilitarism which is holding up progress. It is time for the democratic parties in Northern Ireland to spell out the simple choice to Sinn Fein/IRA. Give up your terrorism or get left behind."
The DUP is also using the conference to launch the European election campaign of its candidate, Mr Jim Allister.
Mr Allister was selected after party leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, announced his decision to stand down as an MEP.
