Nicola Sturgeon has said she does not believe Alex Salmond’s new pro-independence party qualifies for being part of the TV leaders’ debates.
The First Minister said “objectively” she cannot see how the Alba Party meets the conditions.
The relationship between Sturgeon and Salmond, her predecessor as SNP First Minister, was destroyed over an unlawful Government probe into his conduct.
It led to Salmond launching a rival party, which he leads, for the Holyrood election.
Salmond has demanded his new party is included in live TV debates - insisting there is an “unanswerable” case for doing so.
The former SNP leader is to write to the broadcasters and regulator Ofcom in a bid to ensure “fairness and parity of coverage” in the election campaign.
Salmond has insisted the importance of arguments over independence in the campaign means it is crucial his party is included in further debates.
He said his name had been “mentioned a number of times with no recourse” in the first television debate this.
He added: “There is however a further important reason favouring Alba inclusion in the leadership debates – the dominating issue of the election is independence. If the TV companies stick to their present position, every debate will be imbalanced three to two against independence. With Alba’s representation, at a stroke, the independence argument will be balanced three apiece.”
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At a press briefing, Sturgeon said she does not get to decide who takes part in TV debates.
But she said: “Looking at it objectively, in terms of the conditions I understand that have to be met, I can’t see that his party meets those conditions, but that’s a matter for the broadcasters and OFCOM.”
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