{"id":25054,"date":"2022-02-03T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25054"},"modified":"2022-02-07T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:46:46","slug":"norths-first-minister-paul-givan-resigns-from-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25054","title":{"rendered":"North’s First Minister Paul Givan Resigns From Executive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First Minister Paul Givan announces his resignation (PA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The North’s First Minister Paul Givan has announced his resignation from Stormont\u2019s power-sharing Executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move by the Lagan Valley MLA is part of the DUP\u2019s escalating protest strategy against Brexit\u2019s Northern Ireland Protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes 24 hours after DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots acted unilaterally to order a halt to agri-food checks required under the post-Brexit trading arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civil servants have yet to implement the instruction and checks are continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Givan\u2019s resignation automatically removes Sinn F\u00e9in deputy First Minister Michelle O\u2019Neill from her job because, under Stormont\u2019s power-sharing rules, one cannot hold office without the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Stormont ministers can remain in post, but the Executive can no longer meet and is unable to take significant policy decisions.<\/p>\n

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