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Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised on Tuesday to set the terms and date of a second referendum on Scottish independence before local elections in May, even though the British government opposes the idea.
“Before the end of this term, we will publish a bill that will define the conditions and the schedule of an independence referendum, as well as the question that will be asked of the population during this referendum,” Sturgeon announced during the speech on the occasion of the reopening of the Scottish Parliament.
The leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) added that she will campaign in the 2021 autonomous assembly elections for the independence of Scotland, which is part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The issue of independence was the 2014 referendum, when Scots voted 55% to stay in the UK, and London must authorize a repeat.
Nicola Sturgeon believes that the ‘Brexit’ process has changed public opinion because Scotland voted overwhelmingly (62%) in 2016 against leaving the European Union (EU), formalized on January 31.
According to the head of the Scottish Government, the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic are “completely and unnecessarily” compounded by the stubbornness of the Government of Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, in refusing to prolong post-Brexit negotiations with the EU.
Sturgeon saw his popularity rise during the pandemic, unlike Johnson, who was criticized for handling the crisis, and hopes to capitalize on that support and good results in December’s national parliamentary elections to force London to agree to a new public consultation.
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