The SNP is under pressure to find new auditors so its accounts can be filed to the agency in July. If they are not, the party could be fined.
Mr Murrell, who had been in the role for 25 years, quit during the contest to find Ms Sturgeon's successor after she unexpectedly announced her resignation.The SNP has been accused of hiding the fact that auditors stopped handling their accounts six months ago.
It is understood there have been complaints the ringfenced cash may have been used improperly by being spent elsewhere.Opposition parties said Mr Yousaf's revelation about the timing of the auditors' resignation raised further questions about who knew what about their finances.MSP Jackson Carlaw, who was leader of the Scottish Conservatives from 2019 to 2020, tweeted:"Why did they hide it from the membership and the public? All very grubby and murky from the Nats.
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