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GERRY ADAMS: DUP has an à la carte attitude to democracy

THE democratic question remains the key issue internationally. It has been so since people asserted their right to citizenship.  At the heart of that is the entitlement to self-governance. That is governance of the people, for the people and by the people. Without outside interference by others.  This issue, or the denial of this right, creates and underpins conflict. That’s what is at the core of the conflict in Ukraine, Palestine and other  places. It was the cause of conflict in our own place and remains the main cause of division here.  Some have reduced this question of democracy to whether the unionist parties will vote for a Sinn Féin First Minister. This is an important question. Without doubt Sinn Féin accepts the right of a unionist to that position if that’s what the electorate decide.  But none of us should be surprised at the two main unionist leaders refusing to state clearly their acceptance of a Sinn Féin First Minister if that’s what the people decide. ....

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