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sScottish Prime Minister Humza Yousaf resigned on the Monday before a vote of no confidence on Wednesday it looked like he would lose.
His resignation comes just over a year after taking office, becoming Scotland’s first non-white and first Muslim leader.
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“I cannot express what an honor it is to be Prime Minister of the country I love, the country where I am raising my family and the only country I will ever call home,” Yousaf said at Bute House, the official residence of the Prime Minister.
The 39-year-old leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) faced votes of no confidence after terminating the SNP’s power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens last Thursday.
from Scotland coalition government collapsed following a bitter row over the Scottish Government’s decision to abandon a key carbon emissions target. The Bute House Agreement saw the Scottish Greens brought into government for the first time in 2021.
Yousaf has drawn increasing criticism in Scotland and from politicians across the UK over his decision. “I think he showed very poor judgment in suddenly bringing down a pro-independence majority government when we had worked very well together for two and a half years and had achieved great things,” said Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater. told Sky News.
Yousaf replaced Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister last March in a historic victory. “People who looked like me were not in positions of political influence,” Yousaf said.
The Scottish Parliament will now have 28 days to find Yousaf’s successor through a majority vote among members of the Scottish Parliament. If a majority is not reached, an election will be called.
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