SDLP proposal to change Assembly Speaker election rules
2 releases from 1 party, 11 January 2023 to 12 January 2023.
Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication
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SDLP proposes changes to Speaker election to unblock Stormont logjam
SDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole says the party is proposing a change to Assembly Speaker election rules, allowing a two-thirds majority of MLAs to choose a Speaker, to end what it calls a one-party veto blocking the Stormont institutions.
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Eastwood: Time to end the dramatics and get to work
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says his party put a proposal to change the rules for nominating an Assembly Speaker, arguing it could restore the institutions with nationalist, unionist and other support. He urges party leaders to end the dramatics and work intensively on restoring devolution.
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- Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
- DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
- Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
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