Humza Yousaf quit as head of the pro-independence Scottish National Party after a week of chaos triggered by his scrapping of a coalition agreement with Scotland’s Greens.
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf resigned as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on Monday and said he had ordered a contest be held to select a replacement.
“I’ve concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm,” Yousaf said at a press conference in Edinburgh.
“I have therefore informed the SNP’s national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a leadership contest for my replacement as soon as possible.”
He resigns little over a year after he replaced Nicola Sturgeon as first minister and SNP leader.
