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Just last May, you gave my party a mandate to lead Northern Ireland | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
and I was honoured and humbled to become your First Minister. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
Back then, I asked for your support for my five-point plan | 0:00:16 | 0:00:20 | |
for Northern Ireland and you gave it to me. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
Eight months on, my priority for Northern Ireland | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
remains building a better society for everyone, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
with more jobs, greater opportunity for our young people, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
the highest standard of education | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
and a health service that delivers for all who need it. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
A Northern Ireland moving forward and moving on from the conflict | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
and division of the past, safe and secure in the United Kingdom. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:47 | |
That is my focus and my priority. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
It is why I got into politics. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
It is what motivates me to keep going. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
The present difficulties endanger all that has been achieved, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
but I am determined to do what is right | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
and work to move us all to a better future. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
The last few months have not been easy. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
Allegations have been made about me and my colleagues | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
and I am pleased that a full independent public inquiry | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
into the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme has now been set up | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
and cost control measures have been agreed. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
More than anyone, I want to get to the truth of what happened | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
and I will not run from my responsibilities. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
I want us to resolve this situation and make politics work, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:35 | |
but, in reality, the RHI has not caused this election. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
This election has been caused by Sinn Fein. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:43 | |
It is designed to weaken unionism. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
They want to overturn the May election result - | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
to try to gain a Sinn Fein First Minister | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
and advance their republican agenda. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
In recent years, and particularly since May, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
we have made progress on making life better for all. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
This is an election that will decide | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
the future direction of Northern Ireland. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
The election presents an important choice facing us all - | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
the choice between keeping Northern Ireland moving forward | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
to a strong, prosperous future, secure in the United Kingdom, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
or taking us the wrong direction, with a strengthened Sinn Fein | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
pushing even harder for a united Ireland. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
That is why I am asking for your support - | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
to build on the start we have made | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
and to help keep Northern Ireland moving forward | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
to a more secure future for us all. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
I am asking that you once again support me | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
by voting DUP on Thursday the 2nd of March. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 |