Michel O’Nilla, Vice-President of Sinn Fein, is set to become Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, according to the election results. However, it is unclear whether the DUP, which has been in power in Northern Ireland for decades, will agree to hold its first vice-prime minister in a Sinn Fein government.
If the new government is not formed within 24 weeks, new elections will have to be held.
O’Neill told reporters on Saturday night that her government’s main task would be to address the cost of living, not the debate over Northern Ireland’s accession to the Republic of Ireland.
Sinn Fein, a former political wing of the Irish Republican Army, silenced its calls for Irish unity during the pre-election campaign, stressing that the party was not focusing on a specific date for a referendum on Northern Ireland’s accession to the Republic of Ireland, but instead on rising living standards. costs and other local problems.
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