Nicola Sturgeon According to the Scottish Prime Minister, we can be confident that a new referendum on Scottish independence can be held within a year.
The British Supreme Court will decide next week whether the Scottish Parliament can enact the laws needed for a referendum under its own authority, Nicola Sturgeon said. in Scotland The BBC before the start of the annual conference of the ruling pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP)
According to him, legislative plans are already ready in the event that Britain’s highest legal forum decides that the Edinburgh Parliament has such power, MTI writes.
Nicola Sturgeon It was announced in June that the Scottish government wished to hold another referendum on Scottish independence on 19 October 2023.
In his briefing in the Edinburgh legislature at the time, the Scottish prime minister also announced that if London refused to agree to the referendum, the Scottish government would ask the British High Court to rule on the legal problems that a new referendum without the consent of the British government would raise.
In his report at the beginning of the summer, the Scottish prime minister said that if the court decided that the consent of the British government was not necessary for the referendum, the Scottish government would quickly pass a referendum bill with the Edinburgh Parliament.
Les Truss The British Prime Minister – just like his predecessor Boris Johnson – has already rejected the idea of a new referendum on Scottish independence in his previous statements.
According to Nicola Sturgeon, this firm rejection of the British Conservative government is the strongest argument for Scottish independence, the politician told the BBC. According to the Scottish Prime Minister, the United Kingdom should exist as a voluntary partnership of the states that make up the state, but if Scotland were denied the right to decide on independence, there would no longer be a question of a voluntarily chosen partnership of states, in which case the foundations of the United Kingdom would collapse.
An independence referendum was actually held in Scotland in 2014, when 55 percent of participants voted in favor of Scotland’s non-secession from the United Kingdom.
However, the call for a new independence referendum has been on the agenda again since the British EU membership referendum held six years ago, after an average of 51.89 percent of British voters voted to leave, while 62 percent of British voters voted to leave. Scots. They voted for continued EU membership.
According to the Scottish Prime Minister, Scotland could return to the European Union relatively quickly as an independent country.
