Humza Yousaf the Scottish First Minister says he will not resign, despite the collapse of the coalition in power since 2021 between the Scottish National Party and the Green Party yesterday.
Yousaf broke the coalition deal after the Greens opposed several steps taken by his government,
including the cancellation of the 2030 climate goals and the suspension of the provision of puberty blockers to young people under the age of 18 who intend to change sex. For this reason, the Greens have already waved before leaving the coalition, because according to their president
betrayed future generations.
The largest party in the opposition, the conservatives announced that they would initiate a motion of no confidence against Yousaf next week, which will also be supported by the Greens, who left the government, and the Labor Party and the Liberal Democrats. Although the acceptance of the motion does not mean Yousaf’s immediate ouster,
it is hard to imagine him not resigning if it is accepted.
For the SNP, which is now governing independently and in a minority he needs one vote for the First Minister to survive, which may be with a party member who has since deserted. Transferring to the Alba Party Ash Regan, whom Yousaf beat in the race for the position of party chairman in 2023, he would support his former rival if he made the cause of Scottish independence a priority againand would protect the “dignity, safety and rights of women and children”. Regan was referring here to the controversy surrounding legal gender reassignment, which the SNP intended to facilitate, which caused him to leave the party.
Despite this, he is the first Muslim Scottish leader he says: it is absolutely certain that he will be at the head of his party during the next elections as welland in the future it would govern in a minority, in the form of consultation with the other parties on some matters.
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