Those who have declared their candidacy for post-Johnson party leadership include former Health Ministers Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid, Attorney General for England and Wales Suella Braverman and MP Tom Tugendhat. In addition, Transport Minister Grant Shapps, former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and former State Minister Kemi Badenoch announced that they will be nominated. Former Education Minister Nadhim Zahavi, who was appointed to replace Sunak, one of the ministers who submitted his resignation during the political crisis that lasted for two days before Prime Minister Johnson’s announcement that he would leave the party leadership in England, stated that he would be a candidate to sit in the leadership seat.
THAT NAME IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THE CANDIDACY
More candidates from the Conservative Party, including Secretary of State Liz Truss, are expected to enter the leadership race in the coming days.
FAVORITE NAME WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE LEADERSHIP CONTEST
On the other hand, Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who is the favorite of the party members according to the poll results, stated that he will not be a candidate in the leadership race.
“After careful consideration and consultation with my colleagues and family, I have made the decision not to enter the race for Conservative Party leadership,” Wallace said on Twitter. used the phrase.
Wallace, whose popularity has recently increased with the role he played in Britain’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war, said that this was not an easy choice. Wallace noted that his current priority is to keep the mission he is currently running and keeping the country safe.
It is envisaged that the new leader of the Conservative Party in the country, and therefore the parliamentarian who will take over the prime ministership, will be elected at the party conference to be held in the autumn.
In a poll by the YouGov research company of 716 Conservative Party members, Wallace ranked first in the opinion poll with 13 percent.
Ben Wallace was followed by Penny Mordaunt with 12 percent, Rishi Sunak with 10 percent and Liz Truss with 8 percent. (AA)