SNP appoint MP Stuart McDonald as new treasurer after Beattie resignation

MP Stuart McDonald has been appointed arsenic the SNP's caller treasurer pursuing the resignation of Colin Beattie.

Mr Beattie discontinue aft being arrested and released without complaint by Police Scotland amid an probe into the party's finances.

He was replaced temporarily by person Humza Yousaf.

Mr McDonald, a erstwhile lawyer, was selected by party's National Executive Committee (NEC) and volition stay successful the station until the adjacent yearly conference.

He said: "Whilst it is simply a hard and challenging time, I look guardant to getting connected with the occupation of nationalist treasurer to assistance instrumentality guardant the important enactment being led by our caller enactment leader, Humza Yousaf, to amended the SNP's governance and transparency."I've nary hesitation successful stepping guardant erstwhile asked to bash my portion successful keeping our enactment firmly connected a run footing arsenic the lawsuit for Scottish independency becomes much compelling than ever."

Mr Beattie besides stepped distant from his relation connected Holyrood's nationalist audit committee until the constabulary probe had concluded.

The MSP was taken into custody and released without complaint connected Tuesday.

Mr Yousaf described his determination to resign arsenic "the close happening to do".

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