THE Scottish Parliament will hold a no confidence vote in the Scottish Government on Wednesday, it has been confirmed.
Scottish Labour tabled the motion which, if passed, would mean all Scottish ministers are required to stand down.
The Scottish Tories and LibDems have backed the motion but without support from the Greens it would be defeated.
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Anas Sarwar had previously vowed to push ahead with the motion even after the Tories cancelled their motion of no confidence in Humza Yousaf following his resignation.
The Greens have already said they won't back the motion, meaning Scottish Labour won't achieve the votes required.
Gillian Mackay (below) MSP said Labour’s vote was simply designed to embarrass the soon to be ex-First Minister further and had no chance of passing.
“Like the withdrawn Tory motion, the Labour one has clearly been overtaken by events. Pursuing it would achieve nothing, and would simply mean more parliamentary game playing," she said.
“Labour MSPs have spent the last few days saying the government needs to get back to running the country, so why do they want to waste the valuable time of the Scottish Parliament, staff and MSPs by carrying on with this charade when it has no chance of passing."
Mackay continued: “We bear no personal animosity to the First Minister or the SNP, and, as Scottish Greens, are already getting back to business.
"At the same time, we are proud to be welcoming hundreds of new Scottish Green members who care deeply about our climate, equalities and the fairer, greener society that we can build in an independent Scotland.”
Sarwar said his party was pressing ahead with the motion because he does not believe the SNP can provide "stable, competent government".
He told BBC Radio Scotland: “It’s of course for other political parties to decide how they vote in that motion, but I think the principle still applies in our motion and that’s why we’re pushing ahead.”
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