Ulster Unionist endorsement of a republican agenda has led to the destruction of the RUC, paramilitaries in government and the release of paramilitary prisoners, according to the DUP manifesto.
The party's 16-page parliamentary and district council election manifesto, entitled "Leadership to Put Things Right!", focuses as much on attacking the UUP as on outlining its own policies.
In the preface, the DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, claims his party's analysis of the Belfast Agreement has been proved accurate. The election would give voters the chance to "stop the rot" and put things right. Unlike other parties, the DUP would be bound by its manifesto pledges.
UUP enthusiasm for all-Ireland bodies had led to a 7 per cent increase in domestic rates, the manifesto claims. The DUP would call for the rates rise to be reduced to the rate of inflation by cutting spending on all-Ireland bodies.
Northern Ireland's British heritage was being continuously undermined and the RUC destroyed while republican paramilitary organisations remained intact and crime rates had increased dramatically.
The DUP would press for a "zero tolerance" policy on criminals and paramilitaries to protect law-abiding citizens.
It also wanted to see the abolition of the Parades Commission, which had shown "republican bias", as well as an end to the "hijacking" of the human rights agenda by republicans. It also wanted greater equality for women, ethnic minorities and the disabled.
The manifesto demands tighter controls on the two departments run by Sinn Fein ministers. It calls for opposition to the capital spending programme of the Minister of Education, Mr Martin McGuinness, which it claims is weighted in favour of Catholic schools, and presses for a downsizing of Ms Bairbre de Brun's health department by amalgamating health boards and trusts.
The foot-and-mouth crisis had left farming crippled and shown up shortcomings in the areas of smuggling and fraud. The DUP would seek a lifting of the EU beef export ban, a fair distribution of milk quotas and an accurate targeting of financial and social help in the rural community.
It was also committed to raising the importance of the fishing industry within the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to the manifesto, the DUP brought about the introduction of free fares for senior citizens on public transport and would continue to help older people by reinstating the link between state pensions and average earnings and making pensions tax-free under all circumstances.
It would also press for the abolition of standing charges for electricity, telephones and TV licences for all pensioners.