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In Law, the Presiding Officer and the deputies will not cease to hold the office of Presiding Officer merely because of the dissolution of the Parliament before a general election. The incumbent office holders will continue to serve office until such time as the new Parliament elects a Presiding Officer (and the deputies) under subsection (1). [13]
The Presiding Officer is expected to be strictly nonpartisan, so Johnstone resigned her Greens membership to take on the role. [2] [16] Johnstone is the second woman in the post. The first was Tricia Marwick, who was Presiding Officer from 2011 to 2016. [17] She is also the first Green MSP to serve as Presiding Officer.
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If no new First Minister was elected then the Presiding Officer would ask for Parliament to be dissolved under s3(1)a. This process could also be triggered if the First Minister lost a vote of confidence by a simple majority (i.e. more than 50%), as they must then resign (Scotland Act 1998 s45(2)).
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In July, the new Presiding Officer, George Reid produces the first of his "monthly reports" on the cost and schedule of the building, and provides a figure of £373.9m. [77] The new figure comes in the light of reports that consultancy fees for the project top £50m.