Original sentence: DCUSU has made this change to its constitution since leaving the USI which DCUSU believed to be overly-bureaucratic and cumbersome) and the presence of many Fianna Fail (Government party) members amongst the reform supporters led to suspicions amongst many Student activists that the proposals were a politically motivated attempt to emasculate a powerful lobby group.The USI had defeated the proposed re-introduction of fees the following year, although some detractors claim that it is more likely that the middle class Fianna Fail government realised that the proposal was alienating its middle class grassroot supporters and decided to back down as an election was coming up
Edited sentence: DCUSU has made this change to its constitution since leaving the USI which DCUSU believed to be overly-bureaucratic and cumbersome) and the presence of many Fianna Fail (Government party) members amongst the reform supporters led to suspicions amongst many Student activists that the proposals were a politically motivated attempt to emasculate an organisation which thought of itself as a powerful lobby group.The USI believed that it defeated the proposed re-introduction of fees the following year, although its detractors claim that it is more likely that the middle class Fianna Fail government realised that the proposal was alienating its middle class grassroot supporters and decided to back down as an election was coming up