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Stop salary and expenses to MLAs of parties who refuse to nominate ministers

Submitted by Paul Mckeown on Thursday 12th May 2022

Published on Wednesday 25th May 2022

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 9th December 2022

Signatures: 977

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case ~ country ~ democracy ~ Identity ~ Ireland ~ minister ’s ~ Ministers ~ MLAs ~ Northern ~ Northern Ireland ~ parties ~ Protocol ~ Ransom ~ Voting

Petition Action

Stop salary and expenses to MLAs of parties who refuse to nominate ministers

Petition Details

For 2nd time, Northern Ireland (NI) has no government due to a refusal of a party to nominate ministers. In 2019, nearly £15 MILLION was spent on salaries while NI had no government. Should any party refuse to nominate ministers, their MLAs should have their pay and expenses completely removed.

Additional Information

While it will be the case that the people in Northern Ireland will differ in opinion, especially when it comes to issues such as language and borders which can impinge on identity, these cannot be dealt with by effectively holding the country to ransom. It doesn't matter if is a language act or a protocol, this cannot be the way to achieve any objective in a democracy.

It remains the case that more people voted for parties or independents who are willing to get on with the job.

People are suffering.


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