The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, has announced this Wednesday, in Edinburgh, her resignation as Prime Minister of Scotland, leaving the Government when a new leader is chosen.
Sturgeon, a fervent supporter of Scottish independence, is stepping down after eight years at the helm of the Scottish Government, which she took office after a ‘no’ vote in the referendum on Scottish independence from the UK on 18 September 2014.
However, a source close to Sturgeon told the BBC the minister said: “That’s enough.”
In January, the British government vetoed a bill that was intended to facilitate the gender change process from the age of 16 in Scotland, defending the decision with the “guarantee of safety for women and children.”
The first minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, considered this decision by the Government of the United Kingdom as a “frontal attack” on the autonomy of the Scottish parliament.
According to the Associated Press (AP) news agency, Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to resign took political analysts by surprise, despite the ongoing controversy over the issue of gender reassignment.
Sturgeon vowed to take the British government to court for blocking the law and argued that the UK’s Conservative government was making a “big mistake” by vetoing the gender recognition reform bill.
Hailed as a milestone by transgender rights campaigners, the bill would allow people over the age of 16 in Scotland to change the gender on their identity documents by self-declaration, removing the need for a medical diagnosis of dysphoria. of genre.
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom but, like Wales and Northern Ireland, has its own semi-autonomous government with broad powers in areas such as healthcare.
Source: TSF
