Northern Ireland's political parties are expected to indicate today if they will back the proposals of the British and Irish governments to restore power-sharing.
The Speaker of the Assembly has been asked by Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith to convene a meeting in the Stormont Chamber where the future of proposed agreement will be decided.
Sinn Féin has called a meeting of its Ard Chomhairle to deliberate on the proposals to resolve long running wrangles on issues such as legislative protections for Irish language speakers.The national officer board will meet in the morning and subsequently make a recommendation to the Ard Chomhairle members to either accept or reject the deal.
Despite the secretary of state's request, the Assembly authorities - in a post-midnight statement - made clear Speaker Robin Newton could only convene a sitting if the main parties indicated they had agreed a deal to form a new ministerial executive.NI proposals: 'New Document, New Approach' "The speed and timing of any sitting therefore depends entirely on when the Speaker hears positively from the parties," said an Assembly spokeswoman.
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