China News Service, April 22. According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" report, British Prime Minister Johnson's leadership has suffered another setback, and the British House of Commons has supported a motion put forward by the opposition to deal with Johnson's suspected involvement in the Downing Street "Partygate" scandal. Misleading Parliament to launch an investigation.
The British House of Commons passed the motion after a debate on Thursday (April 21), and the Privileges Committee will open an inquiry into Johnson after police complete their investigation into Party Gate, the BBC reported.
The ruling Conservative Party had tried to prevent the motion from passing the parliament, but the attitude of some Conservative MPs suddenly reversed.
One Conservative MP even said Johnson should resign immediately.
Johnson, who is on a visit to India, said he had "a clear conscience and nothing to hide".
"If the Opposition insists on wasting more time discussing this, then I have nothing to say."
Recently, the Johnson government in the UK held a party during the epidemic that seriously violated the epidemic prevention regulations. The "party gate" storm continued to ferment.
After the UK Cabinet Office released a preliminary report on the "partygate" investigation.
Some media commented that on the one hand, the Johnson government asked the people to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations, but on the other hand, it organized gatherings. This is obviously unjust and unreasonable, and it highlights Johnson's "ineffective leadership."