Republican Sinn Féin to contest Stormont election.

national | politics / elections | press release Monday February 05, 2007 16:05 by Seán Ó Murchú - Sinn Féin Poblachtach - Cork

At a special meeting of the Comhairle Uladh (Ulster Executive) body of Republican Sinn Fein a decision was taken to field candidates on an abstentionist basis.

At a special meeting of the Comhairle Uladh (Ulster Executive) body of Republican Sinn Fein a decision was taken to field candidates on an abstentionist basis in at least eleven of the eighteen constituencies for the forthcoming Stormont elections.

Selection Conventions will take place in these constituencies within the next seven days, and details of candidates selected, our electoral strategy and policy will be revealed at a Press Conference in Belfast on the completion of the selection process.