NI ‘s Stormont Assembly will sit for the first time in nearly
Unionist parties, three years after being recalled in a last-ditch attempt to stop the reform of abortion laws. , who oppose next changes to abortion laws
NI has been without a devolved government since January 2017 when the power-sharing parts split.
Abortion laws will change at midnight unless devolution is reclaimed (see
Without an executive in place, Stormont can not affect the laws.
It is unlikely that it will be able to ************* Why have politicians been recalled?
Stormont’s power-sharing government collapsed a bitter row between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin.
MPs in the House of Commons
Baroness O’Loan, who opposes any reform of the existing abortion law
The petition was signed by 27 DUP MLAs, Ulster Lead Unionist Robin Swann and his party colleagues Robbie Butler and Roy Beggs, Leaders Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) Jim Allister.
Proceedings in the assembly chamber are at the beginning 12: 00 BST.
It is not clear if they will be able to debate the abortion law
What positions are the parties taking?
Sinn Féin said the recall was merely “about playing to the gallery” and its MLAs would not go.
The SDLP did not sign the petition Colum Eastwo od branding the move a “stunt”.
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The DUP MLA Gordon Lyons said his party people of Northern Ireland “
The Ulster Unionist Party said its 10 MLAs would have a second petition to recall the assembly on Tuesday.
The UUP’s Doug Beattie said his party’s petition was for MLAs to express anger about the collapse of devolution more than 1, 00 0 days ago.
He denied the UUP was engaging in “stunt politics” of its own and said something needed to be given to the lack of formal talks to restore power-sharing at Stormont.
Alliance leader Naomi Long said a “cynical political stunt”.
“The intention of this recall is not to block abortion law and equal DUP is trying to do so, “she added.
The Green Party leader Clare Bailey said it was a “shameful pantomime” and that it would not enter the chamber.
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