2024-03-08 11:29:53
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation outside 10 Downing street in central London on May 24, 2019. – Beleaguered British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Friday that she will resign on June 7, 2019 following a Conservative Party mutiny over her remaining in power. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
Former British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Friday that she will step down as an MP at the next general election, scheduled for the second half of this year.
Ms May, who was head of the UK government between 2016 and 2019, said she had made the “difficult decision” to leave her role following representing the Maidenhead constituency for 27 years.
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“After careful consideration, I have realized that in the future I will no longer be able to do my job as an MP in the way that I believe is right and that my constituents deserve,” she said in a statement. communicated.
Mrs May assured that she had “always done her best” to meet the needs of the local population. She noted that she remained “committed to supporting Rishi Sunak and the government and believed the Conservatives might win the election”.
Mrs May, 67, became Prime Minister in July 2016 following David Cameron resigned following the Brexit referendum. She was his interior minister for six years.
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