The newly elected SNP First Minister was the only leader candidate to support his predecessor's controversial gender reforms. : Robert Perry/PA
It is alleged that Humza Yusaf will launch an «inflammatory» lawsuit over Nicola Sturgeon's gender identity reforms to try to distract the public from the collapse of the SNP.
The Tories seized on the comments of the new First Minister and Ian Blackford, former leader of the SNP in Westminster, strongly suggesting that Mr. Yousaf was intent on pushing for legal action.
He has until next Monday to challenge Great Britain. The government's decision to veto controversial reforms over fears they undermine women's protection.
Over the weekend, he said his «starting principle» was going to court, while Mr Blackford called the veto «democratic resentment in modern democracy.»
But Donald Cameron, Shadow Constitutional Secretary for the Scottish Tories, accused Mr. Yousaf of a desperate attempt to «divert attention» from the SNP's civil war and the police investigation into the party's finances.
He went to court. would be a «transparent attempt to unite a warring nationalist tribe» that was doomed to fail as many MSPs and SNP MPs also opposed the change.
The Gender Recognition Reform Bill will allow Scots to change their legal gender by signing a statutory declaration, eliminating the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
It will also drastically reduce the amount of time someone has to live. in their «acquired field» from two years to six months and allow 16 and 17 year olds to obtain sex recognition certificates for the first time.
Aleister Jack, the Scottish Secretary, blocked the Bill using the order presented in under section 35 of the Scotland Act, which prevented it from receiving royal assent and becoming law.
The reforms sparked a huge public backlash after transgender predator Isla Bryson was initially sent to a women's prison after being found guilty of two rapes. stated that trans offenders should be sent to a prison that matches the gender they lived in prior to their conviction. challenge the Section 35 order by filing an application for judicial review in the Scottish courts.
Mr Yousaf was the only one of three candidates in the SNP leadership race to support the legislation and vow to continue the legal process subject to legal advice from the Scottish Government.
Over the weekend, he said he had «intense conversations about this» and would make a decision «shortly», before the Monday deadline.
But the move threatens to further deepen the SNP's civil war, with Mr. Yusaf struggling to unify the party after narrowly defeating Kate Forbes in a leadership contest.
First full week he spent his tenure embroiled in an extreme political crisis after the police arrested Peter Murrell, Mrs. Sturgeon's husband and her husband. former executive director of the SNP, and ransacked the couple's home for two days.
«The SNP is in a state of civil war»
Mr. Cameron said it seemed «obvious» that Mr. Yousaf intended to proceed with the trial «in order to create another constitutional standoff.»
He said: «It's a sign of weakness for the new first minister that he takes this divisive and inflammatory approach, with poll after poll showing Scots opposed to proposals for gender identity, and the Isla Bryson scandal showing how dangerous they are. < /p>
“With the SNP in a state of civil war and their dubious finances being investigated by the police, Humza Yusuf is desperate to create a distraction by sparking new discontent with the UK government.”
But Mr Blackford said BBC Radio Scotland: “The basis of this question is that the Secretary of State for Scotland believes that he has the power, he has the right to reject any bill in the Scottish Parliament. It's a democratic outrage in a modern democracy.»
When asked if he thought the Scottish government would win, he replied: «We'll wait and see.»
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