Former Finance Minister Govt UK, Rishi SunakThis Wednesday, the 13th, he won the first round of voting by lawmakers to choose the next leader of the Conservative Party.
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With 88 votes, Trade Minister Benny Mordant came second with 67 votes, ahead of Foreign Minister Liz Truss, who was third with 50 votes.
In total, six names will compete in the next round of contention, which should be decided by the end of next week. Former UK Minister for Women and Equalities Kemi Badenoch, Conservative MP Tom Dugentat and British Attorney General Suella Braverman round out the list.
Famous names such as former education minister Nadim Zahavi, who resigned as finance minister just two days after being appointed, and former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, who was defeated by Boris Johnson in 2019, were kicked out in the last race. From the competition for the position.
Of the six candidates left in the race, only two will advance to the final, when 160,000 Conservative Party members will decide who will be Britain’s Prime Minister on September 5.
Speaking to the BBC network, Sunak said the primary result was excellent, while Mordant said he was “very honoured” by the confidence of his colleagues who had voted for him. A spokesman for Liz Truss said: “She has the experience to deliver the benefits of Brexit from day one, to grow the economy and support working families.”
Rishi Sunak, the most popular name among the candidates, quit the government on the 5th, writing a letter saying, “The public expects the government to be run properly, efficiently and seriously.”
The former finance minister has long been seen as the Conservative Party’s brightest rising star and the bookmaker’s favorite to replace Johnson. He was responsible for steering the British economy during the Covid-19 pandemic and was praised for his policies, including providing billions of pounds to help businesses and workers.
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However, his involvement in the “Particate” scandal changed the story. In addition, people began to criticize him for his delay in responding to the country’s acute cost-of-living crisis, increased pressure after his wife Akshada Murthy revealed that she avoided paying taxes on her income abroad and was a former investment banker. He held a US green card while working for the government.
