Britain’s Conservative Party will announce its new leader and future prime minister on September 5, in its first parliamentary session after its summer recess, after holding internal elections to choose a replacement for Boris Johnson, who announced his resignation last Thursday, although he remains in action. head of government.

To speed up primaries to remove him from power, the so-called 1922 Committee – which brings together conservative parliamentary groups – approved new election rules on Monday, after updating its own executive.

The committee chaired by Graham Brady has decided that the candidate to replace Johnson will need the backing of at least 20 deputies. storyof the 8 required so far, with the aim of reducing the number of applicants.

The conservative executive has also determined that applicants who do not obtain at least 30 votes out of 358 conservative deputies in the House of Commons will be eliminated in the first round of voting, on the 13th.

Basis chose between the two finalists

The 1922 Committee plans to hold two knockout rounds this week—Wednesday and Thursday—and will hold more next week if necessary. The aim is to have two finalists before parliament’s summer recess, which starts on July 21, as Graham Brady, the Conservative speaker of parliament, explained.

The two candidates with the most votes by deputies will then undergo election by mail among ruling party affiliates – some 200,000, according to 2021 data -, following the election campaign in August.

This means that nearly 0.30% of the UK’s 67.2 million people will vote for prime minister, unless in the coming months the winner calls an early general election, as Labor has demanded. Currently, they are planned for 2024.