Dublin, London and Washington Call on DUP to Form Regional Executive, Giving Up on Fight Against ‘Brexit’ Protocol
“Regardless of religious, political or social culture, my bet is that politics work,” said Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, after confirming Saturday night’s historic victory for her party in last year’s election. Saturday. Thursday. He also stated that this triumph “marks the beginning of a new era, to re-imagine our society.”
The last count, which ended at dawn, gave Sinn Féin a two-seat lead, 27-25, over the second most voted party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The moderate parties of Nationalism (SDLP) and Trade Unionism (UUP) have lost ground and the Alliance, a liberal and agnostic party to the traditional division of the province, has grown more than any other.
The sums on the grand ambitions of the winning parties weaken them. The pro-British deputies (DUP, UUP, TUV and two independents) have 37 seats and the Irish trade union supporters (SF and SDLP) 35. They also win in total votes. On the ‘Brexit’ protocol, which trade unionists want to change radically, there is a loose majority, 52-37, of those who want to keep it with reforms (SF, SDLP and Alianza).
The British Minister for Northern Ireland, the Irish Prime Minister and the State Department in Washington on Sunday called on the parties to quickly form a joint Executive. They were not ritualistic gestures, but pressure on the DUP not to fulfill its threat not to present its representative for the shared leadership of the autonomy, if they do not follow the protocol agreed upon in London and Brussels in ‘Brexit’. radically changes.
Jonathan Buckley, elected as the DUP’s regional representative, responded to BBC Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis’s request: “You can have shared autonomy or the Protocol, but you can’t have both.” Lewis will speak this Monday with all parties that have won seats to spark a dialogue that promises to fail.
The DUP has lost three seats and nearly 7% of the vote. They mostly went to Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), being adamant about protocol. If the Johnson administration does not save him by provoking a confrontation with Brussels, he could choose boycott and protest, typical of Ian Paisley, founder of the party. Would it lead to the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement? The alternative is to negotiate less than it has demanded and perhaps exacerbate the split within the union system, allowing Sinn Féin to win victories.
Source: La Verdad
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