Britain's ruling Conservative Party has voted in favor of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson as the country's new ...
Britain's ruling Conservative Party has voted in favor of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson as the country's new prime minister, who will take office on Tuesday.
In London, Conservative Party leaders Liz Truss and Rishi Sonak contested for the leadership of the party, but Liz Truss won the election and won the race for the Prime Ministership.
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According to the report of the foreign news agency "Reuters", Liz Truss received 81 thousand 326 (57.4 percent) votes while Rishi Sonak received 60 thousand 399 (42.6 percent) votes in the voting of Conservative Party members.
The leader with the support of a majority of Conservative Party members will become Prime Minister and step down on Tuesday.
Britain's new prime minister has to deal with crises such as inflation, industrial instability and recession.
After the results were announced, Liz Truss said, "We need to show that we're going to make progress over the next two years, I'm going to make a big plan to cut taxes and improve our economy."
She said that I will work on energy crisis, people's electricity bills and along with this I am working on issues related to energy supply.
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It should be noted that Liz Truss, who succeeds Boris Johnson, will be the fourth Prime Minister of the Conservative Party after the 2015 general election, during which the country faced several crises and now there are fears of a prolonged recession and worst inflation.
Liz Truss, 47, a minister in Boris Johnson's cabinet, promised during the campaign that she would tackle inflation and the energy crisis, end tax hikes and other levies.
According to reports, Boris Johnson, who resigned in July, will meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday and formally tender his resignation, after which she will ask Liz Truss to form a government.
It should be remembered that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation from the leadership of the Conservative Party and the Prime Ministership in July after the political crisis in the country intensified due to various scandals and said that he would not serve until the election of the next Prime Minister. Will continue to work.
Boris Johnson confirmed his resignation during a press conference in London, saying that "the process of selecting a new leader must begin now".
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