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Wed 07 Jul 2008Foster candidacy at odds with stance on dual mandate
THE NORTH'S DUP economy minister Arlene Foster is to stand in a byelection in Enniskillen in September notwithstanding a ministerial statement to the Assembly this year where she said she planned to remove the political dual mandate.
The DUP has decided to stand its most high-profile candidate in the Fermanagh Council byelection to try to prevent Sinn Féin taking the seat left vacant by the recent death of Joe Dodds, father of DUP finance minister Nigel Dodds.
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