United Kingdom: Boris Johnson has announced that he will not run for Prime Ministership

After the resignation of Liz Truss, who replaced him after only six weeks, the former prime minister announced that he was withdrawing from the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party. "I have enough supporters, but you cannot govern effectively if you do not have a united party behind you." The leading candidate: the former minister of finance Rishi Sunak

Reuters

10/23/2022

Sunday, October 23, 2022, 11:25 p.m. Updated: 11:41 p.m.

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On video: British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after only a month and a half (Reuters)

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this evening (Sunday) that he will not run for Prime Minister again, after the resignation of Liz Truss, who replaced him and announced the end of her position after only six weeks in office.

Now, the front-runner for the job is Johnson's Conservative Party friend - former finance minister Rishi Sonak.

Johnson said in his statement that he enjoys the support of members of parliament, but it is not enough.

"There is a good chance that I will succeed in the primary elections in the party, and that I will find myself in Downing Street on Friday," he said.

"But following the events of the last few days, I sadly came to the conclusion that this would not be the right thing to do. It is impossible to govern effectively without a united party in parliament."

Johnson, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

Johnson returned yesterday from a vacation in the Caribbean earlier than planned, apparently with the aim of launching his comeback, just two months after he was ousted as prime minister by his conservative party.

The only candidate who has announced her candidacy is Penny Mordant, a former minister in Johnson's cabinet.

Currently, Sunak has gained the support of 128 conservative lawmakers, Johnson has the support of 53 lawmakers and Mordant with 23 votes.

357 Conservative MPs will vote for their candidate tomorrow.

If two candidates are left at the end of the vote, an online vote of party members will be held later in the week.

On the left, calls for immediate general elections are increasing.

A general election in the UK, where the 650 members of parliament are elected to both houses, is held every five years.

The next elections are scheduled to be held in January 2025. The decision to hold early elections depends on the prime minister - this after the conservative party in 2019 enacted a new law that returned the traditional authority to set elections to the prime minister.

If the Prime Minister wants early elections, he must submit a request to the King to dissolve Parliament.

If new elections are announced, election day should be held 25 working days later.

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The next prime minister?

Sunak, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

A Prime Minister in the UK needs the support or confidence of the lawmakers in the lower house, i.e. the majority of MPs.

A general election will be called if the government loses a vote of no confidence from all parties.

On the other hand, the king can summon another politician to form a government - a person who can win a vote of no confidence in the lower house.

For a vote of no confidence to pass, it would need the support of Conservative MPs - an unlikely move because by doing so they would effectively be voting against their own government.

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