SINN Féin has called for all Stormont's main parties to commit to joining a restored executive.
Deputy leader Michelle O'Neill makes the call in The Irish News today ahead of an expected intensification of negotiations aimed at reviving devolution.
Before the collapse of the institutions in January 2017, the SDLP and Ulster Unionists formed Stormont's first official opposition.
Repeating a call by her party leader earlier this month, Ms O'Neill says the prospects for a successful outcome to the talks process "would be aided if all parties now commit to taking their place in an inclusive new executive".
In what looks like an effort to cement relations with other pro-Remain parties forged over recent months, the Mid Ulster MLA says: "A progressive partnership can help us chart a way through the issues at the heart of the political impasse and serve as a model for a constructive new power-sharing administration that genuinely embraces equality and esteem for all citizens."
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party was seeking a "different kind of executive".
"We’ll join an inclusive government when we can support an ambitious programme for change."
