Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon 'must be suspended' from the SNP following her arrest by police, Scottish Conservatives have demanded
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Scottish Conservatives have demanded Nicola Sturgeon be suspended from the SNP after she was arrested by police.
The former First Minister was questioned by police today as part of ongoing investigations into how more than £600,000 in donations for a proposed IndyRef2 campaign were spent by the party.
Police Scotland confirmed they have arrested a 52-year-old woman. She has not been charged.
Responding to the dramatic news, Scottish Conservative chairman Craig Hoy, demanded that she be suspended from SNP while investigations are ongoing.
The MSP said: “Nicola Sturgeon and other senior SNP figures – including [First Minister] Humza Yousaf – must cooperate fully with this police investigation and commit to full transparency surrounding it.
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“The SNP continue to be engulfed in murkiness and chaos. Humza Yousaf must now show some leadership and suspend his predecessor from the SNP.
“The SNP set that precedent when politicians such as Michelle Thomson and Natalie McGarry were under investigation and must do so again here.
“This extremely serious matter is continuing to escalate and the result is that the SNP are totally distracted at the worst possible time. This is the time they should be focused on the real priorities facing the people of Scotland, such as the cost-of-living crisis, fixing our NHS and strengthening our economy.”
