United Kingdom Boris Johnson makes history: "lies" in Westminster, fine for breaking the law...
Coronavirus Boris Johnson will be fined for parties in Downing Street during the pandemic
Boris Johnson's deputy attorney general,
David Wolfson
, has resigned in a direct affront to the prime minister over the fine imposed in the "Partygate" investigation.
In his resignation letter, Wolfson alleges that Johnson's response to the 60-euro penalty for violating the rules imposed by his own government during the Covid lockdowns is
"inconsistent with respect for the law
. "
"It would be wrong if such conduct could go on with constitutional impunity, especially when many in our society complied with the rules at great personal cost and others were fined or indicted for seemingly more trivial offences," Conservative Lord David Wolfson wrote in his letter. resignation.
Justice Secretary
Dominic Raab
and
the top staff of the cabinet, however, closed ranks with Johnson
after it was made public that the "premier" had been fined for the June 2020 birthday party in Downing Street, organized by his wife Carrie, also fined, and attended by the Secretary of the Treasury,
Rishi Sunak
, also sanctioned.
Johnson apologized for the mistake"
to the British in statements to the BBC, although he reiterated that he did not think that "that could constitute a breach of the rules".
The "premier" accepted "completely the result of the police investigation", but firmly resisted calls for resignation by the opposition as a whole, which accused him of "lying" before Parliament and violating the ministerial code.
El "premier" podría ser multado nuevamente por su participación en al menos otras cinco fiestas de las 12 investigadas por Scotland Yard.
Johnson se enfrenta también al impacto de la publicación íntegra del informe de la alta funcionaria Sue Gray,
posiblemente la próxima semana, que podría reabrir la crisis política pese a sus intentos por desviar la atención hacia la guerra de Ucrania.
Although most of the 30 MPs who came to back a no-confidence motion against Johnson have backed down (including Scotland's Tory leader
Douglas Ross
), at least half a dozen Conservatives have stood their ground and warned the " premier" that voters can bill him for in the local elections on May 5.
Among them,
Caroline Nokes
, who also came to be in his cabinet: "We have made it known to the prime minister that his conduct has fallen far below what people expect of him."
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