On April 29, Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said in a speech that he would resign as Scotland's First Minister. Yousaf had previously worked to promote Scottish independence.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) will then elect a new leader before the general election, and until then, he will remain interim First Minister.
According to the report, the Scottish Parliament now has 28 days to elect a new First Chancellor, otherwise it will be forced to hold an election. Former SNP leader John Swinney and Yusaf's former rival in the party, Kate Forbes, are seen as potential successors.
In March last year, Yousaf succeeded his predecessor, Sturgeon, as the first Muslim-backed leader of a major political party in Britain amid a series of SNP scandals.
Last week, Yousaf abruptly announced the termination of his coalition agreement with the Scottish Greens and removed two Scottish Greens leaders from their positions in the Scottish Government. The move sparked strong resentment from the Scottish Greens, who subsequently put forward two motions of no confidence against him by various opposition parties in Scotland.
After confirming that he could not get enough support to survive the no-confidence vote later this week, Yousaf announced his resignation on his own.
The SNP has led Scotland for 17 years, but is now losing popular support.
Last year, the SNP was thrown into chaos over a funding scandal and the resignation of then-party leader Sturgeon. In March of the same year, the 37-year-old Yousaf was elected the new leader of the National Party and became the first minister, becoming Scotland's youngest democratically elected leader in history.
He promised at the time that his top priorities when he took office would be to bring down inflation and reform public services such as the NHS. As a close ally of Sturgeon, Yousaf will also work on agendas such as Scottish independence, as well as rejoining the European Union. But judging by the results, Yousaf failed to strike a balance between multiple goals.
Relevant British media reports pointed out that Yousaf's resignation will greatly benefit the main opposition Labour Party in Britain.
According to YouGov's latest poll results, Labour's support in Scotland is already one percentage point ahead of SNP, and Labour is expected to become the largest party in Scotland in this year's general election, ending SNP's dominance of Scottish politics for nearly 20 years.