Tsohon shugaban Scotland, Alex Salmond, ya mutu a shekaru 69. Salmond, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kasa tsakanin shekarar 2007 zuwa 2014, ya rasu ba da yawan lokaci bayan ya yi jawabi a North Macedonia.
Anas Sarwar, shugaban jam’iyyar Labour ta Scotland, ya bayyana rasuwarsa a matsayin “sudden” da “shock”. Sarwar ya ce: “Gudummawar Alex ga yanayin siyasar Scotland ba zai iya kasa a bayyana. Yana da hakkinta a gane aikinsa ga kasar mu a matsayin shugaban kasa da kuma ga al’ummomin da ya wakilci a matsayin MP da MSP”.
Shugaban jam’iyyar Conservative ta Scotland, Russell Findlay, ya ce: “Ina mamaki da bakin ciki na ji rasuwarsa. Ba tare da la’akari da imaninmu na siyasa ba, mun iya kunnawa da kaddamarwarsa ga aikin jama’a a matsayin MSP, MP da shugaban kasa”.
A matsayinsa na shugaban jam’iyyar SNP, Salmond ya taka rawar gani wajen samun zabe mai cin gashin kanta a shekarar 2014, inda ya yi murabus ranar gobe bayan kamfen din ya Yes ta sha kashi da kuri’u 55% zuwa 45%. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin malami ga magajinsa a matsayin shugaban SNP da shugaban kasa, Nicola Sturgeon.
Sturgeon ya ce: “Ina mamaki da bakin ciki na ji rasuwarsa. Ba zan iya kudura ba cewa abubuwan da suka faru a shekarun baya wanda suka kawo ruguwarsa da ni ba su faru ba, kuma ba daidai ba ne in ce haka”.
Ya kuma ce: “Hakika, Alex ya kasance mutum mai mahimmanci a rayuwata na shekaru da dama. Shi ne malamai na, kuma muna haÉ—in gwiwa na nasara a siyasar Burtaniya. Alex ya sake tsara SNP ya kai ta cikin gwamnati kuma ya buÉ—e hanyar zaben 2014 wanda ya kai Scotland zuwa gab da ‘yancin kanta”.
