Nicola Sturgeon & Scots party leaders sworn in as MSPs after Holyrood election
Craig Paton
Updated: 13 May 2021, 10:26
FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland s other party leaders have been sworn in as MSPs.
Returning and new members of the Scottish Parliament were sworn in on Thursday morning following last week s Holyrood election.
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Douglas Ross also took the oath this morningCredit: Reuters
Outgoing Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh, who decided not to stand in the election, ran proceedings, which require MSPs to pledge their allegiance to the Queen before they are allowed to undertake any parliamentary duties or receive their MSP salary.
If the oath or affirmation is not taken within two months, they will lose their seat.
His fellow Greens co-leader Lorna Slater also chose to affirm.
MSPs are sworn in at the new session of the Scottish Parliament Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie was the last party leader to be sworn in and he took the oath.
Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie The rest of the MSPs are being sworn in in alphabetical order. Ariane Burgess, who gave her affirmation in Gaelic, said beforehand she believes “the people of Scotland are sovereign”.
Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens A number of MSPs will take their oath in a language other than English, including Scots, Gaelic, Urdu, Orcadian, Doric and even, in the case of Zimbabwe-born North East Green MSP Maggie Chapman, Zimbabwean Shona.