John Sweeney became the First Minister of Scotland

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “NTV” has assumed this responsibility after the recent resignation of “Hamze Yusuf” from the first minister of Scotland “John Sweeney”. Edinburgh’s regional parliament elected the leader of the SNP Independence Party to replace Youssef, who resigned after the government cut ties with the Greens. Sweeney brings with him a wealth of experience: the 60-year-old was Deputy Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon for many years. His position still needs to be confirmed and officially appointed by King Charles III, which is a formality.

The next general election in this part of Britain is in May. 2026 is planned. Several opposition parties are calling for an early election in this situation.

Sweeney was elected unopposed as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and is currently the third First Minister. This area has been in the past 14 months. His predecessor Youssef only came to power at the end of March 2023 after the surprise resignation of Nicola Sturgeon.

SNP, as the strongest faction, is allowed to nominate a minister The first to introduce, but does not have the majority of the regional parliament. However, the Greens, who, like the SNP, seek independence from Britain and re-entry into the European Union, abstained from voting for the candidate. They had announced that they would not be on the way to the elections. The party had made it clear that it had lost confidence in Joseph, but not in the SNP itself.

Before Joseph formally tendered his resignation to King Charles III had presented He announced this action last week after canceling cooperation with the Greens in the dispute over climate goals and gender policy. He was then threatened with a vote of no confidence and avoided the motion by resigning.

Sweeney had previously managed the SNP as leader from 2000 to 2004, when that he was in the opposition. He is now facing a difficult task and there is a risk of several defeats for the party. A gender liberal bill, also controversial within the SNP, was vetoed by the UK central government. Social harms such as the extremely high number of drug-related deaths have not yet been resolved. There is also the story surrounding the SNP’s finances. Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Morrell, who was in charge of the party’s finances as SNP general secretary, recently faced allegations of embezzlement.

On 29 March 2023, Hamza Youssef He became Scotland’s first First Minister and the first Muslim leader of a modern Western European democracy, succeeding Nicola Sturgeon who resigned. But just over a year later, he resigned after the collapse of the coalition government with the Greens. put him on the path of dealing with his coalition partners from the Green Party. On several fronts, the Greens insisted on a more “progressive” path than Hamza Yusuf was inclined to take. There were also differences of opinion in the energy policy.

Last week, Hamza Yusuf, the first minister of Scotland, was forced to resign due to intra-coalition disputes with his partners over some issues. and this country faced a crisis.

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