Assembly recall to elect Executive before 28 October deadline

2 releases from 2 parties, 25 October 2022 to 27 October 2022.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. Assembly to call for Executive to support struggling workers, families and business – Sheehan

   • Sinn Féin
   • 25 October 2022
   • Call for action
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives
   • Contains a proposal

   Sinn Féin Chief Whip Pat Sheehan calls for an Executive to be formed immediately to aid workers, families and businesses hit by high bills and health‑service waiting lists, urges the DUP to stop blocking the process and says Sinn Féin will invest £1 billion in health to tackle the cost‑of‑living‑cru

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2. O’Toole: Political failure testing public faith in institutions

   • SDLP
   • 27 October 2022
   • Response to an event
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole says the failure to restore Stormont institutions is testing public faith in politics and risks a winter Assembly election. He blames the DUP's boycott and calls for the institutions to be restored, arguing this would help people facing cost of living…

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: 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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