Breaking news: The exciting race of the candidates who will sit on the prime minister’s seat in England continues. With the last voting, Rishi Sunak, one of the prominent names in the race, took the first place and Liz Truss went to the third place. MP Tom Tugenhadt, who received 31 votes, said goodbye to the race.
SUNAK, MORDAUNT, TRUSS AND BADENOCH IN THE UPPER TOUR
According to the BBC’s report, Tom Tugendhat, the candidate who fell behind in the vote for party leadership, was eliminated with 31 votes, while former Finance Minister Sunak became the candidate with the most votes with 115.
Penny Mordaunt followed with 82 votes, Liz Cage 71 and Kemi Badenoch 58 votes.
TRUSS’ PROPOSAL WAS REACTED
Recently, it was claimed that British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that if she became prime minister, immigrants could be sent to Turkey as well as Rwanda. In a statement made by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanju Bilgic, there was a strong reaction to this proposal, saying that “Turkey will not be a refugee camp or border guard of any country, nor will it take over the international obligations of third countries in any way.”
Liz Truss
THE NEW LEADER OF THE PARTY WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SEPTEMBER 5
The last two candidates in the leadership race are expected to be determined by 21 July at the latest.
Then, around 160,000 Conservative Party members nationwide will choose the country’s new prime minister and the party’s new leader from among the last two candidates.
Following the vote, the new leader of the post-Johnson party and the new resident of Prime Minister’s Residence Number 10 will be announced on September 5.
FORMER HEALTH MINISTER JAVID WITHDRAWAL FROM THE LEADERSHIP RACE
Former Health Minister Sajid Javid and MP Rehman Chishti announced yesterday that they were withdrawing from the leadership race.
Transport Minister Grant Shapps also announced that he was withdrawing from the race and stated that he would support Sunak.
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