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Although it is entitled to nominate members, the board is being boycotted by the second-largest party in the region, Sinn Féin , as it claims that the recommendations of the Patten Commission have not yet been implemented in full. {Link without Title} At a public meeting in north Belfast in the summer of 2005, SDLP chairman Alex Attwood estimated that 80% of the recommendations have been implemented, although a British diplomat speaking recently at a public meeting in Washington, D.C. admitted it was as low as two-thirds. Sinn Féin also claims that the board has no real control over the police, as it can make recommendations, yet it cannot enforce them. In 2004 , the U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland, Mitchell Reiss , accused Sinn Féin of "posturing" over the issue. {Link without Title} Hardline has announced that the DUP will be allowed a greater share of nominees (in line with its increased share of votes), to the chagrin of the other parties on the board. MEMBERS
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