The process of nominating a new prime minister led to widespread unrest and conflict.

Lawmakers in the Republic of Ireland have abandoned efforts to appoint a new prime minister amid a bitter dispute over parliamentary procedures.

Chaos in parliament on Wednesday means Fianna Fáil’s nomination of Michael Martin will have to wait until at least Thursday.

The Speaker of the House of Commons suspended proceedings in the House for the fourth time as Sinn Féin expressed anger over plans to allow independent MPs, some of whom support the incoming government, to join the opposition benches.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald claimed the Finance Party wanted to “put their independence cronies, supporters of the government, on the opposition benches and give them the same say as the opposition”.

Following Ireland’s November 29th electionLast week, the country’s two largest center-right parties and a group of independent lawmakers reached a coalition deal. Martin’s party won the most seats, but not enough to govern alone.

Fine Gael won 48 of the 174 legislative seats and Fine Gael 38 seats. Although the two parties opposed each other during Ireland’s bloody civil war in the 1920s, center-right policies were broadly similar.

Under the coalition deal, Martin is expected to serve as prime minister, or chancellor, for a three-year term, with outgoing Fine Gael leader Simon Harris serving as deputy. The two politicians will then swap jobs for the remaining five years of their terms.

The governing agreement excludes center-left Sinn Féin, which will remain in opposition despite winning 39 seats.

Fine Gael and Fine Gael have refused to work with them because of their historical ties to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during decades of violence in Northern Ireland.

The new government is under intense pressure to ease homelessness caused by soaring rents and house prices and to better absorb the growing number of asylum seekers.

The cost of living – especially Ireland’s severe housing crisis – is a major talking point in the election campaign, while immigration has emerged as an exciting and challenging issue in a country of 5.4 million people that has long been plagued by immigrants. definition.