May resigned as Conservative leader but remains in office – Telam

British Prime Minister, Theresa May, resigned Friday as Conservative Party leader, thus giving official blow to the race for the election of a successor capable of achieving Brexit and to succeed where the head of government has failed.

May, who announced his resignation in May, will remain prime minister until the election of a new Conservative leader, likely towards the end of July, but will no longer have control from the long and tortuous exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. (EU)

The Brexit has a date set for 31 October, but the project is still blocked, although the debate is on how to carry it out. The only divorce plan is blocked in Parliament.

"She will remain prime minister for a few good weeks," May's spokeswoman said today, adding that any successor should meet with Queen Elizabeth II and badure the monarch that she had enough parliamentary support to be at the head of the government.

He added that May would focus on home affairs, but "with regard to Brexit, the prime minister said it would not be up to him to carry out this process," the BBC reported.

May sent the letter with his resignation to the deputy chairmen of the 1922 committee – which brings together Conservative MPs without a portfolio – and was not supposed to make a statement.

The seasoned politician will remain in office until the appointment of her successor in the internal primaries that begin next Monday and which, for the moment, have eleven possible candidates.