Sinn Féin received the most votes after the first round of elections in Northern Ireland, according to the BBC report. The party, which favors Irish reunification with 29% of the vote, is well ahead of the pro-British DUP, the second most powerful party with 21.3% of the vote.
In the previous elections, the difference between the two parties was only 0.1%. According to reports in the British media, it should be clear by Saturday at the latest what the current result means for the distribution of seats.
Sinn Féin has long had close ties to the IRA, a movement that has fought hard to join Ireland. Party leader Michelle O’Neill described the win as a “historic achievement” and said she would focus on rising living and health care costs.
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If Sinn Féin were indeed the largest party, it would also be allowed to supply the Prime Minister, and that would, in a sense, amount to a political earthquake. Until now, the Prime Minister’s post has always been occupied by parties who are in favor of continuing the union with Britain and do not want Northern Ireland to be part of Ireland.
The formation of a government could fail due to the ongoing Brexit dispute. 1998 Good Friday Accords, major nationalist and unionist parties must to cooperate. Failure to do so could cripple Northern Ireland’s politics and create a constitutional crisis requiring intervention from the UK government.
Source: NOS
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