According to Anaedoonline.ng, Truss announced the news on Thursday. Just six weeks after taking office, she announced her resignation as the leader of the Conservative Party.
Former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Trus announced she will continue in her position until a replacement is named in the coming week.
She said: “I recognise that given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.
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“A leadership election for MPs to select her successor will be “completed within the next week.”
Remember that on Wednesday, Truss declared that she would stay in office and not step down from her position, claiming that she is a fighter and not a quitter.
Boris Johnson, who resigned from his position in July due to a slew of scandals, was replaced by Truss.
She was the UK’s third female prime minister after Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
Fewer than five weeks after taking office, Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
After flying home from international negotiations in Washington, Truss sacked the Finance Minister in person, according to multiple media accounts.
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The move comes as the UK struggles to deal with the consequences of Kwarteng’s mini-budget, which Truss backed and which produced financial chaos, including a steep increase in interest rates.
The nation is already dealing with soaring energy costs as well as an issue related to the cost of living that impacts both people and businesses.
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