RSF refused to do so on the grounds that such an oath "calls for the public disowning of the Irish Republican Army, Cumann na mBan, Fianna Éireann and a repudiation of the right of the Irish people to use force of arms to end British occupation". Consequently, its candidates did not stand. It is not registered with the Electoral Commission as a political party in Northern Ireland meaning that in elections in Northern Ireland, the party name cannot appear on the ballot paper,Introduction to registering a political party, Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2013. and the party cannot make party political broadcasts.Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Part II, Section 37. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
