Last Saturday, Sinn Féin's Ard Chomhairle deliberated on the findings of a review into the party's participation in the Hain Assembly. It decided that Sinn Féin MLAs would participate in the upcoming session of that Assembly on the same basis as before the summer recess - with the sole purpose of restoring the Good Friday Agreement institutions, and only in work that genuinely contributes to this objective. Sinn Féin will not engage in any charade aimed at facilitating the DUP's demands for a shadow assembly. Free article