Northern Ireland
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 14th, 2001 | Trackback
The dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly Feb. 11 threw the entire peace process into uncertainty. Recriminations have flown back and forth, but thus far neither the IRA nor loyalist paramilitaries have threatened to resume violence. Efforts are being made to get the plan back on track, but until it is, the political climate in Northern Ireland will remain unpredictable.
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Northern Ireland
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 7th, 2001 | Trackback
The deadline for saving the Good Friday Accord is Aug. 12, and in the face of a take-it-or-leave-it proposal from Britain and Ireland, the IRA announced a method to decommission its weapons. The issue of disarmament is the principal obstacle to preserving the power sharing arrangement in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Protestants have resisted IRA promises and want to see action, but this step offers hope that the peace process will continue. If Protestants do not accept this breakthrough and the assembly collapses, unrest in parts of Belfast and other cities is likely.
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Northern Ireland
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 1st, 2001 | Trackback
The peace process is back on track. On May 27 the Ulster Unionist party voted to resume sharing power with Sinn Fein in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The provincial government, a product of the 1998 Good Friday peace accord, was formed in December but suspended in February over disputes about IRA disarmament.
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