Debate contribution: DUP's Misjudgements and deputy First Minister's Resignation
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- DUP's Misjudgements and deputy First Minister's Resignation
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5774223
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I will say to the leader of the Opposition that the application was submitted by the Portadown Orangemen, and they were perfectly legally entitled to do so. The Portadown Orangemen can choose their legal representatives as they wish, in the same way that any other party to the court action can choose their legal representation. Shame on you and shame on the SDLP for standing shoulder to shoulder with dissidents such as Colin Duffy and Breandán Mac Cionnaith, and getting photographed on that road instead of upholding the law —
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