MSPs are set to debate Scottish independence for the second time this year after Humza Yousaf launched his government's latest paper on the subject.
The First Minister last week unveiled plans for the country to adopt a written constitution if Scots voted to end the Union in the future.
But opposition parties have accused the SNP of focusing on the wrong priorities at a time many households are struggling to pay bills.
The Greens will use today's debate to make a renewed call for Scotland to scrap the monarchy in the event of independence.
Ross Greer, the party's constitution spokesman, said: "There is no reason for an independent Scotland to be saddled with badly dated and anti-democratic British relics like the monarchy.
"We would be in a new era and have the chance to do things differently, including ditching the weird notion that one family gets to rule over the rest of us by birthright.
"By electing our head of state we can break with the past and ensure that democracy is right at the heart of the fairer and better country that we are building."
He added: "The people of Scotland overwhelmingly voted to remain in Europe, and we have rejected the pro-Brexit Tories and their disastrous vision at every election since.
"Brexit has resulted in families facing sky-high food prices, chronic staff shortages across various sectors and incalculable lost opportunities, especially for our young people."
It comes after Yousaf used a speech to SNP members in Dundee last week to announce a new strategy for achieving an IndyRef2.
Rachael Hamilton, a Scottish Conservative MSP, said: “Nothing better illustrates Humza Yousaf’s misguided priorities than wasting a huge chunk of the final week of the parliamentary term on an independence debate.
"Three months into the job, Humza Yousaf has realised that the only way he can quell the infighting in his scandal-ridden, warring party is to double down on the one issue they all agree on: trying to break up the UK.
"As a result, the real priorities of the Scottish people – the global cost-of-living crisis, NHS waiting times, and our rural way of life – are cast aside while he devotes all his energies to the SNP’s obsession."
