In Wales, after Prime Minister Mark Drakeford resigned yesterday after his 5-year term expired, a vote was held in the parliament to elect a new prime minister. As a result of the voting, 50-year-old Welsh Labor Party Leader Vaughan Gething, who received 27 votes from the 60-seat parliament, became the country’s new prime minister.
Gething’s name, recorded as the first black leader in Europe, was submitted to the King of England III for approval. It will be sent to Charles. Following King Charles’ approval, Gething will be sworn in and begin appointing his cabinet.
Speaking after the vote, Gething thanked Drakeford for all he had done for Wales, saying: “Today, we can also expect a depressingly familiar pattern to emerge: abuse on social media, racist tropes disguised in polite language. People question my motives and, yes, I still deny my nationality.” “They will question or deny, while others question why I am ‘playing the race card.’ To these people, I say again, it is very easy to ignore your identity when your own identity has never once been questioned or caused you to be left behind,” he said.
On the other hand, 3 of the 4 prime ministers currently serving in the United Kingdom are of immigrant origin, while British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is of Indian origin, Scottish Prime Minister Hamza Yusuf is of Pakistani origin, and Gething is of Zambian origin. (UAV)