The British Conservative Party has nominated 8 figures to participate in the elections to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and prime minister, and the party's parliamentary committee has set today, Wednesday, the date for the first round of voting.
Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee responsible for regulating the party's affairs, reported that the final list of candidates included eight names to compete for party leadership.
Brady added that the first round of the voting process will take place today, Wednesday, and the results will be announced "as soon as possible" after that.
Brady said the nominees include Representative Kimi Badenoch, Attorney General Suila Braverman, Representative Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of Commerce Penny Mordaunt, former Treasury Secretary Richie Sunak, Secretary of State Liz Truss, Representative Tom Tugendhat and former Finance Minister Nazim al-Zahawi.
The British government led by Johnson suspended the motion of no-confidence against the government submitted by the opposition Labor Party on Tuesday morning, and a government spokesman said that the request had been stopped because the Labor party "has resorted to manipulation and playing with words in the request."
In the first round of voting, the candidates must obtain the support of at least 30 deputies to continue to advance in the competition, with the second round taking place next Thursday.
The BBC reported that former Health Minister Sajid Javid and MP Rahman Chishti withdrew from the competition just minutes before the deadline to announce the candidacy.
And last week, Johnson announced that he would step down from the party leadership and continue as prime minister until the new Conservative leader chairs the party's annual conference next October.
The British economy is facing accelerating inflation, large debts and low growth, at a time when the British are grappling with the most severe pressures on their finances in decades, against the background of an energy crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and the consequences of the Corona pandemic.