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Fri 12 Dec 2006'It's my belief that this will advance the struggle for equality''No one should underestimate how big a step this is,' Gerry Adams tells Dan Keenan, Northern News EditorGerry Adams does not know how the ardchomhairle will react to his call for a special ardfheis to review party policy on the police, nor will he reveal what will be in his ardchomhairle motion. "The ardchomhairle need to hear that first, but as I said in the statement, I believe that significant progress has been made. I think I have the basis for putting a motion for a special ardfheis and if you ask me what are the important elements of the statement, the first is that I have taken the step of calling this meeting.