British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation of the leadership of the ruling Conservative Party, noting that “it is clear that the will of the Conservative Party is to have a new leader and a new prime minister”, and indicated that “I will continue on post until election. New leader.

As Johnson said in a statement, “I have appointed a new government and will continue to serve as prime minister until a new leader is chosen.” He believed that “the economic landscape in the country is complex”.

The decision comes after a wave of government resignations since Tuesday that reached more than 55 ministers, ministers of state and assistant ministers today in protest of Johnson’s inability to step down amid a series of scandals that have plagued him. in recent weeks.

The latest resignation was that of Education Secretary Michelle Donelan two days after her inauguration. She was preceded at this stage by Secretary of State for Security and Border Affairs Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis and Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart.

Notably, the wave of resignations began on Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak and Health Minister Sajid Javid tendering their resignations from their posts for refusing to keep Johnson in the leadership of the party and government.

Earlier, Johnson fired Housing and Local Government Secretary Michael Gove amid the latter’s demands that Johnson resign from his post due to scandals that have plagued the prime minister in recent weeks.

The resignation comes at a critical time for Johnson, who has faced growing calls for weeks from his party deputies to step down after it was revealed he attended parties held at the Prime Minister’s Downing Street headquarters in election time. a period of general closure introduced in the country in 2020 following the outbreak of the Corona epidemic.