Liz Truss and Rehman Chishti will also opt to succeed Boris Johnson

July 10 () –

The British Foreign Minister, Liz Truss, and the deputy Rehman Chishti announced this Sunday their formal candidacy to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, thus adding two more names to a large race that has already It has eleven names.

Truss has explained to ‘The Daily Telegraph’ that she will start “lowering taxes from day one” if she becomes prime minister, a position for which she chooses as one of the favorites due to her popularity among ‘Tory’ deputies.

Truss has been a deputy since 2010, when she began a meteoric career that has taken her to one of the most responsible positions in the Government. She is the longest serving member of the Government with positions in the executives of David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.

Immediately after Truss’s announcement, the candidacy of the ‘number two’ of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rehman Chishti, has jumped. “To me it’s about aspirational conservatism, fresh ideas, a new team and a new beginning of progress for our great country,” he tweeted.

Truss and Chishti are joined by Sajid Javid, former Health Ministers Jeremy Hunt, Attorney General Suella Braverman, former Treasury Minister Rishi Sunak, former Equality Minister Kemi Badenoch and the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. of the Commons, Tom Tugendhat.

Instead, one of the favorites, Defense Minister Ben Wallace, confirmed this Saturday that he will not appear. “After careful consideration and discussion with colleagues and family, I have made the decision not to enter the Conservative Party leadership race,” Wallace said in a message posted on his Twitter account. .