Sam McBride: Ignoring an elegant solution, petition of concern reform undermines Belfast Agreement

It has become so fashionable to criticise the DUP’s stance on the petition of concern that almost the only concerns expressed about the changes to the Assembly veto procedure has been that they did not go sufficiently far in restricting abuse.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Jan 2020, 07:36 BST
Abuse of the petition of concern undermined Stormont – but some of the proposals for stopping that abuse are deeply problematicAbuse of the petition of concern undermined Stormont – but some of the proposals for stopping that abuse are deeply problematic
Abuse of the petition of concern undermined Stormont – but some of the proposals for stopping that abuse are deeply problematic
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