The Alliance leader said failure to reform Stormont was 'condemning devolution to death by a thousand collapses'.
Failure to reform Stormont power-sharing is "condemning devolution to death by a thousand collapses", Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said.
It is understood the party has sought legal advice on whether the existing arrangements are human rights compliant. Party officials sought the advice to establish whether a legal challenge could be mounted in the courts. Mrs Long, who took to the conference stage to the song 'High Hopes' by 'Panic! At The Disco', said Stormont is "frozen by the system's inherent vetoes".
She added: "They allow those who wish to get on with the work of government to do so and those who refuse to sit it out if they choose."And conference, I doubt that either of the two main parties would actually walk away from government if they thought for one second that it would continue in their absence."
She added: "To sit in the chamber and listen to others wax lyrical about being treated like second-class citizens, when their votes count for more than ours, is frankly an affront to democracy. The Alliance leader expressed concern about the new "Stormont Brake" mechanism to give MLAs a greater say on any future changes to EU goods rules applying to Northern Ireland.Mrs Long paid tribute to North Antrim MLA Patricia O'Lynn, who is stepping down less than a year after being elected to take up a new role at Queen's University Belfast.
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