The candidates have until 2:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. in the Basque Country) this Monday to present themselves, but they will need the support of a hundred conservative deputies to advance to the second round.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Minister of the Economy Rishi Sunak appear as possible contenders to succeed Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative Party and the new head of the UK Government.
After Truss’s resignation announced yesterday, after just 45 days in power, the Conservative Party has opened the internal process to elect the new tenant of the official residence at 10 Downing Street within a maximum period of one week.
Applicants have until 2:00 p.m. local time (the 3:00 p.m. Euskal Herria hours) this Monday to stand, but they will need the support of a hundred Conservative MPs to get through to the second round.
Several “Tory” deputies have called for the return of Johnson to power, considering that he is the only one who has the mandate of the electorate to take charge of the Government, despite the fact that he was forced to resign from office in July after numerous members of his Executive resigned due to the party scandal in Downing Street during the pandemic.
Sunak He is another favorite, after he came second – behind Truss – in the elections held during the summer to choose a successor to Johnson.
For many Members, Sunak is the politician best placed to deal with the economic crisis caused by the rise in energy prices and the turbulence in the markets, the latter caused by Truss’s controversial economic program, with tax cuts, but which later should have reversed
The leader of the Conservatives in the House of Commons, Penny Mordauntwho came in third place in the summer interns, appears as a possible candidate and unifying figure of the formation.
In the event that there are two candidates left in these internal conservative parliamentary group, they will be the affiliates of the formation those who have the last word in an online vote.
Source: Eitb
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