Sinn Fein vowed that Northern Ireland would enter a new era on Saturday after winning regional parliamentary elections, a first in the British province for the nationalist party in favor of Irish reunification.
By early evening, with only two seats left to be allocated, Sinn Fein had 27 seats, three more than its main pro-British rival, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), according to official results. .
” This day marked a very important moment of change. This is a definite moment for our politics and for our people. “
This is the first time that the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which for decades has fought the British military, is in a position to lead Northern Ireland after a century of Unionist and Protestant rule since the creation of the province in 1921.
It’s time to have a healthy debate on the question of Ireland’s reunification, Michelle O’Neill estimates, while the majority of Northern Irish (56%) voted against Brexit and the effective exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU) resulted in the establishment of a de facto border between the province and Great Britain.
ang DUP leave a doubt
ang DUP did not say its last word, however, the 1998 Good Friday Peace Accords, which ended the civil war, which provided that a Nationalist Prime Minister could not rule the province without a Unionist Deputy Prime Minister.
However, the DUP doubting his willingness to share power with Sinn Fein. Its leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, said on Saturday that his party’s decision depended on London’s change in northern irish protocols which has governed trade with the EU and Britain since Brexit.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to give a speech on the matter next week. In the absence of government agreement between Sinn Fein and the DUPit will again fall to London to run Northern Ireland affairs (direct rule), as has happened extensively in recent years.
Source: Radio-Canada
