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Sinn Fein\u2019s deputy leader has told supporters that it is time to make partition history.<\/p>\nSinn Fein\u2019s deputy leader has told supporters that it is time to make partition history.<\/p>\n
Michelle O\u2019Neill was speaking at a commemoration event for former party councilor John Davey in Lavey, Co Londonderry.<\/p>\n
Mr Davey was shot dead by Loyalist terrorists in 1989.<\/p>\n
Ms O\u2019Neill paid tribute to him as a patriot.<\/p>\n
In her speech to the gathering a day after Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster accused Sinn Fein of blocking the restoration of devolution, Ms O\u2019Neill said her party wants to see the removal of the major obstacles.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the DUP or anyone else wish to exercise political power in government in the north of Ireland now or in the future, then the cost is to embrace a rights-based society and openness, transparency and equal partnership government, which works for everyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn Fein wants to see the removal of the major obstacles to restoring the political institutions, an end to the denial of rights and the DUP\u2019s financial scandals, and the full implementation of the Good Friday and subsequent agreements.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want an Assembly which operates differently from what has gone before, to usher in a new kind of politics, which is progressive, respectful, and has integrity.<\/p>\n
It is time to render the British border in Ireland permanently invisible and to make the partition of this country history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not be part of an unjust government. There will be no return to the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms O\u2019Neill went on to say it is time to talk about the future of the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now in the midst of what is the most defining period politically, economically and constitutionally since the Good Friday Agreement 21 years ago,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is time to talk about the future of our island and people together.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it is time to render the British border in Ireland permanently invisible and to make the partition of this country history.\u201d<\/p>\n