“I don’t want to hurt anyone’s chances by offering my support.Johnson said in his first public appearance since his resignation on Thursday, cornered by a series of scandals.

After a weekend in damUK prime minister Boris Johnson said he was “determined to continue the mandate that has been entrusted to us” and that the next head of government would have “a very good program to implement”.

Complete list to replace Boris Johnson

Minister of Home Affairs, Pritti Patelcan announce throughout the day his candidacy to replace him in the leadership of the Conservative Party – with a majority in House of Representatives– and therefore in Downing Street.

On Sunday evening, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liz Truss46, joined the list of candidates, including former Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak42 years old and former Minister of Health, Sajid Javid52 years.

On Tuesday, the two announced almost simultaneously that they were stepping down from their posts in Boris Johnson’s cabinet, questioning his integrity, sparking a wave of resignations and dealing a fatal blow to the government.

Among the heavyweights to replace the current prime minister is also the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Penny Mordaunt49, and the new finance minister nadhim zahawi, 55 years. So far there have been 11 candidates.

No favorite to rule England

There is no clear favorite in the race to replace Boris Johnson, whose announcement was short and intense.

In the UK, suffering from a inflation of 9.1%, most of the candidates are rushing to put in the middle of their campaign a series of tax deductionwithout explaining how they will finance them.

Truss promised to get down to business “from day one.” Rishi Sunak instead warned against “fairy tales that are entertaining today but will make things worse for our children tomorrow”.

The main opposition formation, the Labor Partycalculated that the combined advertisements of the candidates amounted to about 200,000 million pounds (236,000 million euros).

Candidates will likely have to prove they have the backing of 36 candidates to qualify for the second round, the executive secretary of the Conservative committee said on Monday. Bob Blackmanon SkyNews. Sunak is the only candidate with such support, according to a count by news outlet Politico.

Nominations could close on Tuesday evening and voting could begin right after, leaving only two finalists when Britain’s parliamentary recess begins on July 22.

The goal is for the final vote to pick a new Conservative Party chairman to take place by September.