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Scottish National Party MSP Ruth Maguire is pictured on screen as she takes an oath during the oath and affirmation ceremony at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh following last week's Holyrood election
SCOTLAND’S latest batch of MSPs were sworn in today, with the Scottish Greens’ Alison Johnstone elected as presiding officer.
Those who were voted in at last week’s election travelled to Holyrood before being sworn in, with Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar among the first to take the oath.
Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie reasserted that his party’s “allegiance lies with the people of Scotland who elected this Parliament and who are sovereign, and we look forward to the day when they can choose their own elected head of state.”
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