British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that he will not recommend any of the candidates who have declared their intention to run for the leadership of the ruling Conservative Party in his first appearance since he announced his departure from the leadership of the party.

Johnson said in a press statement that he “does not want to undermine the chances of any of the candidates to win in the leadership of the party,” stressing that “his task in the coming period will be to monitor the electoral process.” which he expected to have a “good” result.

The UK Prime Minister confirmed his intention “to fulfill the mandate given to him by the voters in the 2019 general election during the remainder of his term until this autumn.”

Notably, 11 Conservative Party candidates have put forward their nominations to date for the leadership of the party, including Secretary of State Liz Truss, outgoing Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak, former Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt, outgoing Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Secretary of International Trade Penny Mordaunt, Transport Minister Grant Shapps and Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Tugenath, former Attorney General Suila Braverman, former Equality Minister Kimi Badenok, current Finance Minister Nazim Zahavi and Assistant Foreign Minister Rehman Chishti.

The nomination of candidates is scheduled to close tonight, after which the process of reducing the number of candidates to two will eventually begin before July 21 this year, provided that party members elect a new party leader during the summer, who will then take over as prime minister. minister, according to what was announced by the 1922 committee responsible for the affairs of the Conservative Party in Parliament.

Boris Johnson announced last week that he would step down from the leadership of the Conservative Party and remain as prime minister until a new leader of the party is elected to succeed him as prime minister, as his resignation came after a wave of mass protests. . resignations within his government in protest of his way of running the government, especially regarding his dealings with the economic crisis due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as his violation of anti-epidemic measures and his participation in parties and meetings at the Prime Minister’s headquarters during the closing period.