Original sentence: Adams was generally seen as a spokesman for the Republican movement, which encompassed Sinn Féin and the paramilitary Provisional IRA, an illegal organisation in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.For three years, it participated in the power-sharing executive committee (cabinet) in Northern Ireland, where it shared powers with the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP.From the late 1980s, Adams was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially following contact by the then SDLP leader John Hume and subsequently with the Irish and British governments and then other parties.In 2005, the Provisional IRA indicated that its "war" is over and that the republican movement is now exclusively committed to democratic politics.Senior political, security and media figures, including the Minister for Justice in the Republic of Ireland assert that, from the 1970s that until mid 2005, he a member of the Provisional IRA's governing army council.The latter, like its loyalist counterparts, was responsible for the deaths of over one thousand people during The Troubles.Under Adams, Sinn Féin changed its traditional policy of abstentionism and moved to take seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Oireachtas Éireann
Edited sentence: Adams was generally seen as a spokesman for the Republican movement, which encompassed Sinn Féin and the paramilitary Provisional IRA, an illegal organisation in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland widely blamed for the deaths of over one thousand people during The Troubles.From the late 1980s Adams was central figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially in contacts with then SDLP leader John Hume and then with other parties and the Irish and British governments.Senior political, security and media figures, including the Minister for Justice in the Republic of Ireland allege that, from the 1970s that until mid 2005, he a member of the Provisional IRA's governing army council.The Provisional IRA had now indicated that its "war" is over and that the republican movement is now exclusively committed to democratic politics.Under Adams Sinn Féin changed policy moved to take seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Oireachtas Éireann, and has participated in the power-sharing executive committee (cabinet) in Northern Ireland, where it shared powers with the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP