Called with the ballot boxes Wednesday, the voters of Northern Ireland returned back to back the two great enemy parties of the province. On a side, the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party), protesting, carried out by Ian Paisley, other, the republican party Sinn Féin, catholic, carried by Gerry Adams. Voted by plebiscite, the two parties bail out from now on of a difficult task: to install peace on this small end of Ireland marked by the civil war. For that, it will be necessary for them for ressusciter the Parliament of Northern Ireland. This one had been dissolved in 2002, whereas the Unionistic ones refused to collaborate with the republicans. Deprived of seat, its deputies had then found themselves with the layoff. If all occurs as envisaged, they could as of the end of the month find work.

“Sinning catholics”. But any remainder to be made. Because to restore the institution, Sinn Féin and the DUP must get along, before March 26, on the formation of a Bi-denominational government. However, in the unionistic camp, the reserve is the rule. Invited to become Prime Minister, Ian Paisley renewed, last November, his refusal to collaborate with the catholics. Among the points of obstacle, the nomination at the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Martin McGuiness, second of the republican party. However the man incarnates, for the Protestants, the prototype of the enemy. Former chief of WILL GO, ex-connects it armed with Sinn Féin, it knew the prison to have taken part in an attempt at attack in the Seventies. Unionistic Ian will Paisley be ready to tighten the hand with the “catholic sinners”? Nothing is less sure. Whereas the ballot boxes delivered Thursday their first results, the man affirmed that “the members of Sinn Féin will not be invited to the table of the negotiations before to have clearly declared itself in favour of the democracy. I am a democrat [...]. I do not discuss with Sinn Féin such as it is today”. For the republicans, it is a new attempt of Pasteur to push back a division of the capacity being likely to weaken its image. The man, known under the nickname of Dr. No, gained his notoriety by posting a legendary inflexibility.

“Very will collapse”. At the same time, Gerry Adams renewed his will to negotiate with the unionistic ones and ensured to have filled his share of the contract. In 2005, WILL SUIT it, the faction armed with its party, deposited the weapons and, at the end of January 2007, its elected officials voted for the recognition of the police force, a long time shown to be the arm armed with the Protestant camp. For Gerry Adams, the ball is in the unionistic camp: “I would like to think that Ian Paisley will use this vote in a positive way. ” Even its of bell on the side of Tony Blair and her Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, joined together yesterday at the time of a European top in Brussels: “We invite the parties to take up this challenge and to place Northern Ireland on the good course [...]. The restoration of the semi-autonomous institutions represents a historical occasion. One should not pass to side.”

In the consciences, it will still take time before seeing the old unionistic reverend discussing courteously with his republican rivals. However of time, the Prime Minister for the Irish Republic is not ready any more to give some. “The business must be regulated before March 26, it there does not have an alternative, affirmed Bertie Ahern. That is to say the north-Irish Parliament will be restored with a government biconfessionnel at her head or very will collapse. ” If the two parties were not able to get along, the institution would be again dissolved, and the capacity would return to the authorities of Dublin and London.