Ministers and Assembly Members

7Pledge of office by Ministers

In the pledge of office set out in Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, after paragraph (cd) insert—

ce

to support the rule of law unequivocally in word and deed and to support all efforts to uphold it;

cf

to work collectively with the other members of the Executive Committee to achieve a society free of paramilitarism;

cg

to challenge all paramilitary activity and associated criminality;

ch

to call for, and to work together with the other members of the Executive Committee to achieve, the disbandment of all paramilitary organisations and their structures;

ci

to challenge paramilitary attempts to control communities;

cj

to support those who are determined to make the transition away from paramilitarism;

ck

to accept no authority, direction or control on my political activities other than my democratic mandate alongside my own personal and party judgment;