Today marks 15 years since the DUP and Sinn Fein emerged as the largest parties, overtaking the SDLP and UUP at an Assembly level.
For your viewing pleasure I have taken some clips from the five main party manifestos.
DUP- It’s Time for a Fair Deal
Key points;
- Reduce MLAs from 108 to 72
- Abolish Civic Forum
- Cut back North/South bodies
- Reduce govt departments
- Redefine equality agenda
Sinn Fein-Agenda For Government
Key Points
- Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
- Creation of a Dept for Equality
- Reform of police service
- Ending academic selection
- Irish Language Act
- Green Paper on Irish Unity
- Talks with Ulster Unionists
- All Ireland Civic Forum
UUP-Manifesto 2003
Key Points
- Keep academic selection
- Ending 50/50 recruitment for PSNI
- End to all paramilitarism
- Completion of decommissioning
- Oppose amnesty
- Devolution of policing powers but only in certain circumstances
- Community Relations Policy
- A National Stadium
SDLP-Re shaping Government, Rebuilding Public Services
Key Points
- Border Poll during the Assembly term
- Expand North-South bodies
- Resist attempts to re-open Good Friday Agreement
- All Ireland Charter of Rights
- End academic selection
- Irish Language Act
- Single Equality Bill
Alliance Party-Alliance Works
Key Points
- Reduce the size of the Assembly
- Introduce weighted majority for voting in Assembly
- Abolition of Office of First Minister/Deputy First Minister
- Voluntary power-sharing coalition
- More checks on ministerial power
- Change from D’Hondt for selecting Committee Chairs
- Bill of Rights
The Results
David McCann holds a PhD in North-South relations from University of Ulster. You can follow him on twitter @dmcbfs
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