Resignation of Irish official accused of sexual harassment

According to the report of the international group Tasnim News Agency, quoted by the “Spiegel” weekly newspaper, after The surprise resignation of Geoffrey Donaldson, the leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), on Friday has now been revealed by sexual assault allegations against him. Donaldson resigned immediately after facing “accusations of a historic nature”. It has now emerged that Northern Ireland police are investigating the politician for sex crimes that took place a long time ago and arrested him on Thursday. Donaldson did not fight, but said charges have been filed against a 61-year-old official. According to this spokesperson, a 57-year-old woman is also accused of being an accessory to these sexual crimes. The British BBC talks about rape in this context. Donaldson and his accomplice are scheduled to appear in court on April 24. Donaldson is married and has two children. The politician deleted his user accounts on several social networks.

The resignation of Donaldson, who has led the party since 2021, will disrupt the situation for the party ahead of parliamentary elections in the UK. As the largest unionist party, the DUP is the voice of Northern Ireland’s voters who seek to preserve the region’s historic ties with Britain.

Just a few weeks ago, the English politician announced his party as a junior partner in government. He introduced Sinn Féin with the Catholic Republican Party. In doing so, he ended a year-long boycott of the DUP in protest over Brexit rules for Northern Ireland that had crippled political institutions in the British-held part of the country.

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