The DUP, the main Unionist Party hitherto dominant in the Local Assembly of Northern Ireland, recognized that the Republicans of Sinn Fein were heading for a historic victory.
Le Monde with AFP
“This is a very important moment of change today” for Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill said that the British province would enter into a “new era” with the now almost acquired victory of her nationalist party against the Unionists in the local assembly.
“I will offer leadership that is inclusive, which celebrates diversity, which guarantees rights and equality for those who have been excluded, discriminated against or ignored in the past,” she added from her center of counting.
The Sinn Fein obtained 40 % more preference votes than its main pro-British rivalry, according to official results. If the final count of the seats is not completed, experts agree that nationalists can no longer be caught.
For its part, the DUP, the main Unionist Party hitherto dominant in the Local Assembly of Northern Ireland, initiated its defeat on Saturday and recognized that the Republicans of Sinn Fein were heading for a historic victory.
“It certainly seems that the Sinn Fein will emerge as the first party,” said the head of the Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, on the Sky News channel, repeating that his training would refuse to join a new government of union Without change to the post-Brexit status of the British province.
The talks for the formation of a government promise to be difficult, with a risk of political paralysis, even if the Sinn Fein has relegated the claim of reunification in the background for the benefit of social issues.
The DUP conditions its participation in a new executive in “a decisive action” of the government of London against post-Brexit customs controls in the province, which according to him the integrity of the United Kingdom.