According to the latest polls, the nationalist party Sinn Féin, which favors the unification of Ireland, would win 26% of the vote, ahead of the hitherto majority Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), to which it attributes 19%.
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For the first time since the founding of Northern Ireland a century ago, the nationalist party Sinn Féin emerges as the winner of the Stormont Assembly elections This Thursday. If the predictions come true, Sinn Féin will lead the Belfast Executive for the first time.
In the event that Sinn Féin manages to become the first party in the Stormont assembly, it would present its leader in the province, Michelle O’Neillto the post of Prime Minister. In any case, he must have the approval of the hitherto-majority Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – if he comes in second – to share the government with his election as Deputy Prime Minister, as enshrined in the Good Friday peace agreement. (1998 ).
According to latest pollsSinn Féin, who is in favor of the unification of Ireland, would get about 26% of the first preference vote, ahead of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which still holds a majority, to which it attributes 19%.
Though without citing dates, last year Sinn Féin leader in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Mary Lou McDonald, assured that a “reunification referendum” in the coming decade.
Just over 1.2 million Northern Irish people will be called to the polls on Thursday key moment for Northern Irelanddivided by the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union (EU) and by the government of Belfast, which has been suspended since last February.
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Source: EITB
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