Scotland's Humza Yousaf resigns as first minister: 'Not willing to trade in my values'
Humza Yousaf
HumzaYousafon Monday (Apr 29)resigned as Scotland's first ministerrather than facing two confidence votes.The 39-year-old politician also said he would stand down as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) but would stay on until his successorwas found.
Yousaf, the first Muslim leader of a major UK political party,previously held health and justice ministerial briefs in the ScottishGovernment. He succeeded former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon as first minister in March 2023.
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Yousafsaid in a statement that he thought winning was "absolutely possible", however, he added that he was "not willing to trade in my values or principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power".
He added: "I have concluded that repairing our relationships across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm."
After his announcement, theparliament now has 28 days to choose a new first minister.
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Thiscame after Thursday's collapse of the Bute House Agreement, which was Yousaf's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens.
Yousaf'sgovernmenthadearlierabandoned ambitious targets for the transition to net-zero carbon emissions, which had angered the Greens. The Greens slammed Yousaf and accused him of "selling out future generations" over climate.
Soon after, the opposition Scottish Conservatives lodged avote of no-confidencein Yousaf. Scottish Labour has lodged another no-confidence vote in hisgovernment.
The Tories, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens had all said they would vote against him in the personal vote.
After the resignation, the leadership crisis in the party deepened with a notable fall in SNP's popular support after 17 years of heading the ScottishGovernment.Polling firm YouGov said earlier this month thatfor the first time in a decade,the Labour Party had overtaken the SNP in voting intentions for a Westminster election.
Labour's win in Scotland in Britain's next national election would significantly bolster the party's chances of taking power from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
(With inputs from agencies)