The Scottish Nationalist Party is looking for a new leader. The Scottish Independence Party is to replace Nicola Sturgeon, the current Prime Minister of the British Nation, after she announced her resignation on Wednesday February 15. His successor will be elected no later than March 27. The first candidates declare themselves this Sunday.
With our correspondent in London, Emeline Wine
It was the first confirmed candidacy, and it was expected: that of Humza Yousaf, current Minister of Health. “ I think I’m the best person for the job, he says in a tweet. You need someone with experience. »
MP for eleven years, minister since 2018, this political scientist by training will have to answer for the crisis in the public hospital, completely saturated. He already promises that he will not be the candidate for continuity. If elected, Humza Yousaf would become Scotland’s first ethnic minority leader.
Closing of applications on the 24th
The other candidacy is a surprise statement. Ash Reagan, 48, embodies the line opposed to Nicola Sturgeon : she left the government last October in reaction to the law facilitating gender change. The member elected in 2015 tells the DailyMail : “ We need to reunite the party, draw a line and move past some cases “. The former communicator wants activists who have left the Scottish Nationalist Party in the past twelve months to be able to vote in the internal election.
Other applications are expected in the coming days: the suitors have until February 24 to declare themselves and collect the necessary sponsorships.