Scotland: Prime Minister Humza Yousaf resigns a few days after being outvoted
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din
After thirteen months in power, he leaves. The Scottish independence Prime Minister, Humza Yousaf, announced his resignation on Monday April 29, when he was threatened by a double vote of no confidence in Parliament. Overcoming current political divisions “can only be done by someone else at the helm”he declared during a press conference.
His departure comes four days after he ended the government coalition between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the environmentalists, amid disagreement over the country’s environmental policy. Environmentalists had also opposed the government’s recent decision to suspend the prescription of puberty blockers to transgender young people. Without its Green allies, the SNP, although dominant in Holyrood, the Scottish Parliament, with 63 seats out of 129, found itself in the minority and was looking for new partners. Without success.
The Conservative and Labor oppositions had each tabled a motion of no confidence, one targeting Humza Yousaf personally and the other targeting his entire government. Votes were due this week, and the Scottish Greens had announced they would vote against the Prime Minister, leaving Humza Yousaf with little hope of saving his head.
Humza Yousaf, 39, was elected leader of the SNP in March 2023, after the surprise resignation of former Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon after nine years in power. The first Muslim leader at the head of a major political party in the United Kingdom, he embodied continuity with his predecessor and continued to champion the fight for Scottish independence despite the faltering popularity of the SNP.
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