Scottish Conservatives to Submit Sturgeon No-Confidence Vote

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(Bloomberg) -- The opposition Conservatives in Scotland will seek a no-confidence vote in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after calling for her resignation over her government’s handling of a case against her predecessor.

The party said in a statement on Tuesday it will submit the motion after the government in Edinburgh published details of legal advice during its investigation of harassment allegations against former First Minister Alex Salmond and additional witnesses backed up his version of events.

Sturgeon, who denies she broke the ministerial code, is due to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday.

For any vote to succeed, it needs all opposition members of parliament to agree. Her Scottish National Party has 61 of the legislature’s 129 seats and is normally supported by the Green Party to pass legislation.