The three candidates to succeed Nicola Sturgeon clashed in a heated TV debate dominated by jibes over their records in government and Scottish independence.
Leadership rival Kate Forbes said independence would only happen when a majority of Scots had been persuaded it was the best course of action, which means"putting the economy front and centre".Humza Yousaf also stressed the need to"build popular support" for the cause.
He said a majority of votes in a Scotland election would not bring politicians in London to the table as"there is no common decency with the UK Government". Mr Yousaf said he would"keep the monarchy for a period of time", but added:"I would hope an independent Scotland would be a republic in the future."She said in the"new circumstances" after the death of the Queen last year it might be time for the SNP conference to debate if retaining the monarchy was still the right policy for the party"or whether we should move to a policy of having an elected head of state".
"Humza, you've had a number of jobs in government," she said in a portion of the STV debate which allowed for cross examination between candidates.
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