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...begin his morning conferences with Ulster's disputatious politicians. Marveled John Hume, Minister of Commerce in Ulster's new coalition, last week: "You went in angry to see him, and you always came out wondering why you never got the boot in." Added Deputy Chief Executive Gerry Fitt, leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party: "He had an effective English slice of Irish charm...
...originally envisioned, he and the party leaders settled for an eleven-member coalition Cabinet. It will be headed by Protestant Faulkner as Chief Executive, and include five other Unionists, who will be responsible for finance, commerce, the environment, agriculture and information. The S.D.L.P. emerged with their leader, Gerry Fitt, as Deputy Chief Executive, and three other key portfolios. The eleventh Cabinet member will be Alliance Leader Oliver Napier...
Nonetheless, there was the novel sight of those archfoes, Brian Faulkner and Gerry Fitt, defending each other -as well as themselves-on television. Said Faulkner with a flourish: "In the last six weeks I have seen more constructive debate around that conference table than I have seen in 25 years in politics. Gerry Fitt and I will both work as a strong team, both determined to see that the executive works." Therein lies Ulster's best chance to stop the bloodshed between warring Protestants and Catholics...
...violence that scarred the three-week election campaign. Nearly 90 bombs were detonated and 23 persons killed, bringing the death toll in Ulster during the past four years to 839. Two days before the election, Patrick Wilson, a leading Catholic politician and a chief aide to S.D.L.P. Leader Gerry Fitt, was hacked to death by an apparently new Protestant terrorist group called the Ulster Freedom Fighters. Wilson's murder suggested that members of the new Assembly would have a difficult time ahead of them in governing the still troubled province...
...picking up seats. But Faulkner's Unionists should win the most, and the Catholic S.D.L.P. should capture a fair share. Though relations between these two traditional parties were bad at Stormont, there is some hope that they could work together better in the assembly. Says S.D.L.P. Leader Gerry Fitt: "We are willing to take part in any administration which will bring the violence...