The First Minister said the drafting of a new constitution would enable people in Scotland to shape the new country.
SNP leader and First Minister Humza Yousaf has revealed his party would introduce a written constitution forThe proposed document, setting out the rights of citizens, would help a newly independent Scotland take on the challenges of the future, Mr Yousaf said.
It would also formally ban nuclear weapons being stored on the Clyde and guarantee workers the right to take industrial action. “Successive UK governments have taken Scotland in the wrong direction and with independence we would radically shift where power lies and put it back in the hands of the people who live in Scotland.
“With rights in Scotland under threat as never before, because of the actions of the UK Government, and the Scottish Parliament being undermined, independence has never been more urgent or essential.”
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