{"id":25760,"date":"2022-04-08T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25760"},"modified":"2022-04-09T10:27:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:27:25","slug":"dup-claims-that-sinn-fein-are-planning-for-border-poll-after-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25760","title":{"rendered":"DUP Claims That Sinn F\u00e9in Are Planning For Border Poll After Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A DUP candidate says Sinn F\u00e9in has promised its US supporters a poll for a united Ireland (PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sinn F\u00e9in is planning a Border poll if it emerges on top following the Stormont election, the DUP has claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls have suggested that Sinn F\u00e9in is set to overtake the DUP to become the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As largest party, Sinn F\u00e9in would be entitled to nominate a First Minister, however the DUP is unlikely to nominate a deputy First Minister to serve alongside in the joint top office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is up to the Northern Secretary to call a Border poll. It is believed this would only happen if a majority appeared likely to vote for a united Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUP Strangford candidate Peter Weir claimed that Sinn F\u00e9in has been telling its US-based supporters that it intends to \u201cmake history\u201d with a poll for a united Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSinn F\u00e9in\u2019s sights at this election are fixed firmly on a divisive Border poll,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been no Road to Damascus experience at Connolly House. In reality, SF activists are still touting the opportunity to \u2018make history\u2019 to wealthy US donors and on the doorsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery vote on May 5th will decide the future direction of Northern Ireland. Each ballot cast will set the priorities for the next Assembly. Sinn F\u00e9in should tell the truth about their plans to consign our communities to years of arguing and fighting over a Border poll rather than focus on the issues that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Weir claimed the DUP \u201cis the only party that can stop Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Border poll plans\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis election is a wake-up call for unionism. Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s recently discovered concern over the cost-of-living crisis is more about keeping unionists at home on polling day than it is about helping ordinary people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is clear that not voting, or giving a first preference vote to any party other than the DUP, will divide and weaken the unionist cause. This will only cement Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s destructive vision for Northern Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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