Sinn Fein has criticised the DUP's suggestion that it may choose not to elect a new Speaker when the Stormont Assembly meets on Friday.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said on Wednesday that his party has yet to decide whether to vote to elect a new Speaker when MLAs meet in the chamber in two days' time.
The election of the new Speaker is the first item on the agenda for MLAs following the election and requires cross-community support from nationalist and unionist members.
