The loyalist paramilitary group, the UDA, has said it remains united despite Tuesday's split in the UDP, the organisation's political wing.
A statement yesterday expressed concerns about the implementation of the Belfast Agreement but said the UDA supported peace.
"The UDA wishes to see a peaceful future for the people of Ulster and will support political developments that can further that objective," it said.
Sinn Fein, however, blamed the UDA for a gun attack on the home of a former republican prisoner on Tuesday night.
The Sinn Fein MLA for North Belfast, Mr Gerry Kelly, said the UDA was responsible for two shots fired at Mr Martin Meehan's house in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.
"I am in no doubt that the UDA were behind this attack," he said. No one was injured in the shooting.
The Sinn Fein chief whip, Mr Alec Maskey, said he did not believe the UDA wanted peace and blamed the organisation for the spate of sectarian attacks in the North since Christmas.
Meanwhile, two pipe bombs failed to explode when they were thrown at neighbouring houses in Garvagh, Co Derry, on Tuesday night. Police are not treating the incident as sectarian.