DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson quit on Friday after he was charged with historical sexual offences.
Stormont’s leaders have stressed a desire to maintain stability in the fledgling powersharing executive, amid the upheaval in the DUP following the shock resignation of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson, who was deputy leader, has been appointed interim DUP leader.
On Saturday, Sinn Fein First Minister Michelle O’Neill and DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly, who have received significant praise for their stewardship of the executive since it was re-established, both gave reassurances over the future of the administration. “My priority in this period is to provide that leadership that the public rightly deserve and expect from their political leaders.”
However, also on Saturday, veteran DUP MP Sammy Wilson admitted that the party had been plunged into “turmoil”. Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly have received widespread praise for their leadership of the executive since devolution was restored in February
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