Nicola Sturgeon leaves both the position of Prime Minister of Scotland and the leadership of the nationalist party SNP. He has confirmed that it is not a decision made by “short-term pressure”.
Nicholas Steur announces his resignation of the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the party Scottish National (SNP) at a press conference in Edinburgh. Similarly, he has stated that he will remain in office until a successor is elected and has asked the SNP general secretary to start the process for it.
Sturgeon has claimed that it is not a decision that stems from “short-term pressure” and that it is not as sudden as it seems. “In my head and in my heart I knew it was the right time,” he said. He has suggested that the wear and tear of recent times has led him to make this decision now.
The Prime Minister has defined the responsibility of leading the country as “difficult at times” and believes the only way to do it is to “give it your all”. In that sense, he mentioned the “physical and mental impact” the role has had on her.
While she has denied that the main reason is the controversy created as a result of the gender reassignment law reform, she has stated that “her opinions have become barriers to debate”. This measure has sparked great controversy both inside and outside his SNP party, and the UK government has already announced it will be blocked.
In his intervention for the media, he also spoke about the referendum. His preference remains to use the forthcoming general election on October 19 as de facto consultation. He also believes that “Scotland is closer to independence than it was in 2015” and hopes his successor will “lead them towards it”.
Nicola Sturgeon entered the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and became the SNP leader’s MP in 2004. Ten years later, after failing to win the Scottish independence referendum, Sturgeon replaced former Scottish Prime Minister Alex Salmond. His party SNP won the elections for the Scottish Parliament in 2015 and 2019.
Since her appointment as First Minister of Scotland, she had become the most recognizable face of Scottish independence internationally. In October, he announced his intention to hold a new independence referendum on October 19. However, the British judiciary ruled that Scotland cannot hold these consultations unilaterally, with the understanding that these are “matters reserved for the British Parliament”.
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Source: EITB
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