DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY SUPPORTS VERY DIFFERENT POLICIES FROM THOSE IT HELD IN 1998.

Question 1

POWER SHARING ✅

Answer 1

1998: Refused to accept- Didn’t agree with release of prisoners, policing reform and boycotted the all-Ireland perspective

2003: Alternative to the UUP- Refused to hold any face-to-face meetings with ‘representatives of terrorism’

CHANGE
2007: St. Andrews Agreement - mandatory coalition up to 2017

Question 2

RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC ✅

Answer 2

2003 Manifesto: Boycotted North-South Ministerial Council

CHANGE 2007: St. Andrews Agreement- Ministerial Responsibility
-Signatures must attend North-South Council
-Fine Gael Peace Conference - Jonathon Bell spoke of relations between NI, UK and RoI

Question 3

POLICING AND JUSTICE ✅

Answer 3

2003: Opposed to its devolution as it could go to SF under D’Hondt to Gerry Kelly, former IRA Member

-Fear of Police hostile to PUL (Prod, Unionist, Loyalist) Communities
-Opposition to CNR (Catholics, Nationalists, Republicans) feelings towards the RUC

CHANGE 2010: Hillsborough Agreement - Justice to be appointed to a ‘neutral’ MLA. David Ford (Alliance) - first Minister of Justice in 2011

Question 4

EDUCATION ❌

Answer 4

Support for Academic Selection: 2022 - Voted against the Integrated Education Bill

Stated they would ‘give voice to those of all faiths and none who attend schools in the Controlled, Maintained or Voluntary Grammar sectors.

Question 5

SOCIAL ISSUES ❌

Answer 5

Christian Party: Gay Marriage - vetoed legislation in 2015 through the Petition of Concern on Marriage Equality
‘Unethical’ society

EG Paul Givans Conscience Bill and the Asher’s Scandal Abortion

2021 - DUP proposed bill to prevent abortion with non-fatal abnormalities (did not pass)
2021 - DUP votes against safe access zones due to religious liberties
2024 Manifesto - ‘Unashamedly Pro-Life’

Question 6

LEGACY ISSUES ❌

Answer 6

Definition - Those who suffered under the hands of paramilitaries
and not the paramilitaries themselves

Support of Parades and the Orange Order - protected in civil liberties and religious freedoms

Union Flag seen as the culture of Unionism

HOWEVER, DUP councillors abandoned its campaign to have
the Union Jack flown every day at the City Hall

Question 7

CONSTITUITONAL QUESTION ❌

Answer 7

Remain in the United Kingdom

Believe there is no need for a referendum

2016 Assembly Election - ‘Vote DUP to prevent Martin McGuinness becoming First Minister’ in relation to a United Ireland