Posted on 10/21/2019 1:29:29 PM PDT by Morgana
An attempt to thwart the liberalisation of abortion law in Northern Ireland fell at the first hurdle on Monday when the Northern Assembly, sitting for the first time in more than a thousand days, was unable to complete the first item of business – the election of a speaker.
The appointment of a new speaker required a cross-community vote but as Sinn Féin and the SDLP boycotted the vote this parliamentary obligation could not be met.
The DUP had supported the attempt to have a motion passed that would mean that any changes to abortion legislation or same sex marriage must be determined by the Northern Assembly.
However, as the motion could not be debated or voted upon it meant that directly after midnight on Monday abortion will be decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same-sex marriage will be legalised.
Outgoing speaker Robin Newton said at the outset of proceedings – which lasted less than an hour – it was clear under the provisions of the Northern Ireland Act that the Assembly must elect a speaker and deputy speaker with cross-community support as the first order of business.
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Very British of them to ignore the problem, don’t debate or vote.
Ireland has become a wicked, pagan nation.
Ichabod.
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