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12/05/2016
NI Assembly To Meet For First Time
The Northern Ireland Assembly is to meet for the first time today, 12 May, to elect the First and deputy First Ministers.
It is expected that Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness will be re-appointed.
All 108 MLAs will meet to sign an undertaking and membership roll and a new speaker is to be elected. Mitchel McLaughlin announced his retirement shortly before the election.
The Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP as well as other smaller parties are considering whether or not to return to the Executive.
(CD)
It is expected that Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness will be re-appointed.
All 108 MLAs will meet to sign an undertaking and membership roll and a new speaker is to be elected. Mitchel McLaughlin announced his retirement shortly before the election.
The Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP as well as other smaller parties are considering whether or not to return to the Executive.
(CD)
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