Posted on 09/10/2015 5:27:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The future of the Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government in Northern Ireland is hanging by a slender thread with First Minister Peter Robinson’s decision Thursday to step down, along with all but one of his ministers, because of a series of disputes.
Democratic Unionist leader Robinson left one party figure, Arlene Foster, in place as temporary first minister and finance minister, but the coalition government has been seriously weakened by developments and may ultimately be suspended, leading to a restoration of direct British rule from Westminster.
The crisis stems in large part from a police finding that that Irish Republic Army dissidents were involved in last month’s killing of former IRA member Kevin McGuigan, a development that Robinson said raised serious doubts about the future of the coalition government that is a prime achievement of the 1998 peace agreement.
Robinson said “business as usual” is impossible because of “the assessment of the chief constable of the involvement of the IRA in murder, the continued existence of IRA structures, and the arrests that followed has pushed devolution to the brink.” …
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The IRA is a communist front group..
Yes, and big friends of the “Palestinians”.
NI’s government is awful.
In order to FORCE the other major parties to rule together with Sinn Fein they allocate minister positions proportionally, to make it impossible for the government to function without them. What a travesty.
Sounds like a lack of backbone in the face of threats and violence.
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