DUP MLA Diane Forsythe has backed Carla Lockhart’s call for Michelle O’Neill to be removed as first minister, escalating pressure on the Sinn Féin leader from within the Democratic Unionist Party.
Forsythe also said there must be “profound consequences” for Sinn Féin. Her intervention aligns her with Lockhart’s demand for O’Neill to lose her position, although the supplied material does not give further details about the reasons for the call or how it might be pursued.
The development places the removal of the first minister at the centre of the DUP criticism of Sinn Féin. No response from O’Neill or Sinn Féin is included in the available material, and no information is provided about any immediate next steps.
