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30/04/2021
Edwin Poots To Stand For DUP Leadership
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots is to stand for leadership of the DUP.
The current leader, Arlene Foster, announced she is to step down as the party leader at the end of May and First Minister at the end of June.
In a video posted on Twitter, Mr Poots said: "I am a proud Northern Ireland man, I love its people and its place, and it faces many challenging times, it’s with that in mind, I'm putting my name forward for the leadership for the Democratic Unionist Party.
"I look forward to the engagement and the debate with colleagues and the wider public in this contest.
|Northern Ireland is a place that has had many great things over this last hundred years, I wish to see us rebuild, revitalise, reinvigorate and revive for the next hundred."
Other names believed to be in the running include MPs Gavin Robinson and Jeffrey Donaldson.
The current leader, Arlene Foster, announced she is to step down as the party leader at the end of May and First Minister at the end of June.
In a video posted on Twitter, Mr Poots said: "I am a proud Northern Ireland man, I love its people and its place, and it faces many challenging times, it’s with that in mind, I'm putting my name forward for the leadership for the Democratic Unionist Party.
"I look forward to the engagement and the debate with colleagues and the wider public in this contest.
|Northern Ireland is a place that has had many great things over this last hundred years, I wish to see us rebuild, revitalise, reinvigorate and revive for the next hundred."
Other names believed to be in the running include MPs Gavin Robinson and Jeffrey Donaldson.
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