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28/05/2021
Foster To Leave DUP When She Steps Down As First Minister Of NI
Arlene Foster is to leave the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) when she steps down as First Minister of Northern Ireland.
She also said that if new party leader Edwin Poots appoints a new ministerial team on Tuesday, she will step down immediately as first minister. She previously said she would leave the role at the end of June.
Speaking to reporters as she visited pupils at Banbridge Academy, Mrs Foster was asked what she will do if Mr Poots unveils his team on Tuesday.
“If Edwin decides that he wants to change that team, I will have to go as well because I can’t stay with a new ministerial team of which I have no authority, and that would be wrong.”
She also said that if new party leader Edwin Poots appoints a new ministerial team on Tuesday, she will step down immediately as first minister. She previously said she would leave the role at the end of June.
Speaking to reporters as she visited pupils at Banbridge Academy, Mrs Foster was asked what she will do if Mr Poots unveils his team on Tuesday.
“If Edwin decides that he wants to change that team, I will have to go as well because I can’t stay with a new ministerial team of which I have no authority, and that would be wrong.”
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