‘I made mistakes’
Rishi Sunak delivers first speech as British Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. King Charles III officially welcomed the 42-year-old on Tuesday. tasked with forming a government. In his address to the nation, Liz accused Truss of wrongdoing and promised more stability.
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King Charles III greets Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
Britain has a new prime minister again. Exactly seven weeks after his predecessor Liz Truss (47) took office, King Charles III inaugurated Rishi Sunak (42). (73) charged with forming the government at Buckingham Palace. Earlier, the king officially dismissed Truss from his position in an audience. Only the monarch has the right to appoint the prime minister.
Sunak is the third prime minister in two months, the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years, and the first Hindu and first Indian politician to hold the position. An official photo shows the king shaking hands with the new prime minister.
‘Hard decisions’
After the interview with Charles, the former Treasury Secretary addressed the nation from Downing Street. The new British Prime Minister accused his predecessor of making mistakes and promised his country to solve the current problems.
“Mistakes were made,” Sunak said in his first address to the nation, referring to Truss’ short stint. This soon failed with its radical economic policy. Sunak said he wanted to repair the damage. He promised his country more stability in light of a “serious economic crisis”. However, the 42-year-old said that “difficult decisions” must be made for this.
He was elected the new leader by the Conservative Party on Monday, and thus the future Prime Minister. Other than him, no other MP has reached the required number of at least 100 supporters in the Conservative party group.
Truss announced her resignation Thursday after just 44 days in the job. With a radical tax reform, it caused major turmoil in the financial markets. After being criticized, including from within her own ranks, she was forced to retreat and quickly lost her authority. On the other hand, Sunak is a “steady hand”. He had already applied to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the summer, but lost to Truss. He had been very critical of their economic plans at the time – and he was right.
Sonak encountered many problems
Big problems await a married father of two daughters. He needs to restore the confidence of the markets. Analysts trust him. It will likely be even more difficult to reunite his recently deeply divided conservative party. Therefore, he is anxiously awaiting whom the Sank will appoint in his government. If he exchanges a lot of ministers, he may make new enemies.
The opposition is criticizing the fact that Al-Sinak is the second consecutive conservative prime minister who did not take office in a parliamentary election and is calling for new elections. Your age refuses. Conservatives claim that the party, not the politician, got the mandate from the electorate. Opinion polls see the Conservatives far behind the largest opposition party, the Labor Party. (SDA)
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