Sinn Fein in the North have launched a stinging attack on Mark Durkan's SDLP, saying that the party is "devoid of direction".
Sinn Fein Assembly Member Pat McNamee says the SDLP is in disarray and struggling to find a future role.
The competition between Sinn Fein and the SDLP for nationalist votes has begun in the run up to the assembly elections on May 1.