Speaking at the launch of the party's election manifesto this week Sinn Féin candidate Gerry Kelly said the election was about leadership.
The North Belfast MLA, hoping to oust Nigel Dodds and become the area's first ever nationalist MP, joined his party colleagues in the Baby Grand to push home the message that he will “deliver for the people of the area”.
“Sinn Féin delivers leadership. We delivered on peace, on power sharing institutions, and on the transfer of policing and justice powers," he said.
"We are the party which is fighting for equality, peace and jobs. And we are building for Irish unity.”
Kelly said voters should look to his party’s track record in government.
"Sinn Féin has brought equality to the heart of government – from tackling fuel poverty to scrapping the 11-plus; from keeping water in public hands to campaigning for deprived communities,” he said. "The Executive has brought about an end to prescription charges and the freezing of the regional rate. Good work has been done. Sinn Féin have made job retention and job creation central to the Executive. We have used public procurement contracts to ensure the hiring of long-term unemployed and apprentices.
"Sinn Féin is committed to maintaining frontline services and protecting jobs. Slashing public services, allowing unemployment to soar and increasing poverty is not an option. We all must unite against the cuts."
He called on North Belfast voters to head to the polls next Thursday and show their support for Sinn Féin.
"The key to making progress, to making positive change irreversible, is political leadership. We want to bring the vision, the focus and the determination which created and sustained the peace process, to deal with the economy. In this election the electorate has the opportunity to endorse Sinn Féin’s strategy for positive change; to build a better future for all our people but especially our young people and to advance the goal of Irish re-unification."
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