Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived this Saturday at the United Kingdom from the Dominican Republic before the possibility that his candidacy will be presented to assume the leadership of the Conservative Party and the head of the Government.
The British Airways (BA) plane in which Johnson traveled landed this Saturday at Gatwick airport, in the south of England, after 10:00 local time -09:00 GMT- from Punta Cana, where he spent a vacation with his family. the agency reported Eph.
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BA’s flight was followed by the FlightRadar24 website, which allows knowing the trajectory of planes in real time, by some 7,000 users, according to British media.
The formation in power has started an internal process to choose its new leader after Liz Truss announced on Thursday her resignation as conservative leader and prime minister as a result of the turbulence that her economic program caused in the markets, with tax cuts that later it was forced to reverse.
The deadline to make the candidacies official expires this Monday at 2:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. GMT), but the applicants must have the support of one hundred conservative deputies (of the total of 357).
So far, Johnson has the support of 44 deputies, while former Economy Minister Rishi Sunak, one of the favorites, has already reached the necessary 100, according to the BBC.
Johnson resigned last July after a rebellion by numerous members of its Executive over the party scandal at the Downing Street residence during the pandemic. The only deputy who has already made official her intention to present him as a candidate is the conservative leader in the House of Commons and former Defense Minister Penny Mordaunt, with 21 supports, according to the source.
By needing the support of a hundred deputies, only three candidates can be presented this Monday, after which the conservative parliamentarians will vote for one of them. If there are two left, members can vote online for one of them.
According to BBCA second term for Johnson would be an extraordinary turnaround even for a politician who has made miraculous comebacks before.
With information from Efe, BBC and Ap.
